Honeysuckle
God is always good.
This might seem trivial to many, but I’m going to share anyway.
God loves you, way more than you know.
It took me 32 years to realize that God loved me, in spite of all my sins and the burden of regrets that I carried.
That “burden” of regrets.
We all have them.
They separate us from the love of God because we are ashamed and feel unworthy.
That’s how I felt for 32 years.
But God knows your innermost thoughts and struggles.
He’s literally walked with you every step of the way.
Have you ever heard the term: “God is winking at you?”
Do you ever wonder if you are on the right path?
The path that might be having an impact and growing God’s kingdom?
God winked at me today.
When we moved from Texas to Kentucky a few years ago, I had to leave behind a really big honeysuckle plant that I had planted when my kids were born.
Every year, it would blossom and the smell of the flowers reminded me of my girls.
I had to leave that potted honeysuckle plant in Texas because we couldn’t fit it on the moving truck.
I had to let it go and I decided that my wife’s house plants, that she had nurtured for years were more important.
The huge trailer was completely stuffed and we barely closed the door.
My wife’s plants survived, even though every pot was broken.
And here I am mowing our property today.
Doing what I do every time I mow.
Spending time with God.
Giving Him all my worries and then thanking Him for every little thing.
Then I see this big bush.
It’s a huge honeysuckle bush. Probably three times bigger than my potted plant.
And as I rode by it with my mower….the beautiful smell that reminded me of my girls, who I miss.
Priceless.
Then I started to notice something else as I mowed.
We have wild honeysuckle growing in so many places.
It’s everywhere.
Here’s the point.
God loves you.
Nobody loves you more.
Give yourself to Him.
Everything.
This is a truth that I learned early as a Christian.
God is good ALL THE TIME.
ALL THE TIME God is good.
God’s goodness does not depend on my “circumstances.”
God’s goodness is my lighthouse in the storm and the anchor for my life.
Nobody else will understand how important “honeysuckle” means to me, except God.
I shared the struggle of parting with a plant I had grown for years and God heard my heart.
Trust Him.
His plans for you are bigger than you can imagine.
This is truth.
Cling to it.
You never know where you’ll be in five years.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
I praise my loving God today.
What a great post. It is so true and is needed in this time. This may be worthy of talking about as well. I have many people ask me about how dark and crazy the world is right now. I tell them there is no more evil, no more darkness now than at any time in the past. The reason things seem so crazy is the veil is being lifted. Darkness used to move in the shadows, in the dark, doing things behind the scenes. Now we see the darkness, the enemy in plain sight. You see perfume commercial with a girl covered in blood, or the mocking of the Last Supper during the Olympics. To me, this tells me that the enemy knows time is almost up, the enemy has nowhere to hide. People are waking up from a deep sleep. Each time another soul is reclaimed by the light, they become another small point of light. One light can truly keep darkness at bay. Rest well knowing we know how the story ends, God wins. We will see some dark appearing times however; as you said, God love us all the time and if we ask for protection, our God, and our guardian angels with rush to the scene.
Do not be afraid. God has you.
What a beautiful story! Thanks for sharing your love of God and his Goodness!