Sunflowers Give Spiritual Lesson
October 2009
I’m traveling a new route to school this year. Along the country roads, I have recently taken notice of fields and fields of sunflowers. Having been a city girl all my life, I am fascinated with the growing of plants and crops, harvesting, etc., that I have seen in Kansas. Having this interest, I began doing some reading about sunflowers on the Internet.
I found the following quote on Wikipedia.com:
“Sunflowers in the bud phase exhibit heliotropism. At sunrise, the faces of most sunflowers are turned towards the east. Over the course of the day, they follow the sun from east to west, while at night they return to an eastward orientation.”
What about us? Are we in the bud phase? I’m guessing most of us are still budding in different aspects of our Christian walk. None of us can boast of being mature plants just yet, though some of us are farther along than others. Are we, as these sunflowers, keeping our eyes on Him all the day through? Then at night, in expectation of the morning, turning our focus back to Him, preparing us to hear from Him, to follow Him, the following day, and the next, and the next?
Psalm 119:36 says,”Turn my heart to your statutes and not toward selfish gain.” The sunflowers follow the light all through the day, then prepare at night to follow it again the following day. They don’t think about it. It is an automatic response, to stand tall and follow the light.
We have the most wonderful light of Jesus, which many in the world do not know. What a joy to be His child, to follow Him unquestioningly, just keeping our eyes on Him, following him east to west, or wherever he leads.
September — ahh, the beginning of a new school year, and a new church year, many new programs and responsibilities at church are pulling us in all directions. I know I needed this lesson from the sunflowers. As a minister’s wife, new things are always going to be popping into your life. I hope you will remember the consistency of this example of the sunflowers. They daily look to the light, follow it, each one individually and together as a group.
“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you, the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24
P.S. — I hope to see you Monday, Oct. 12, at 1:30 p.m. for Tea Time for Minister’s Wives. We will meet at Immanuel Baptist in Wichita for a fellowship time together while our husbands attend the Pastors’ Conference. Email me today at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to say if you can come!
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