Isn’t that a joyful sight to see? Another reason to be thankful for the bridge replacement. You see, this glorious sight is seen on the Dry Run Road part of the detour. If the bridge wasn’t out, this sight would not be seen. We’d a missed out on this little piece of the joy.
As these sunflowers were growing in a former corn field, all the passersby speculated as to what the newly planted crop was. Definitely not corn, definitely not hay, too tall for soybean, and then one day – pop! The sunflowers had burst into action. They had had just the right amount of nutrition to bloom, to flower. One thing I love about sunflowers, in addition to their bright color is their huge flower, their big heads. Some are enormous. Some are so big it doesn’t look like their stem will hold them up.
But, here’s my very favorite part of sunflowers, take another look at the picture — they all face the sun. All their heads are turned in one direction, all toward the source of light in the east, the rising sun. Isn’t that cool? Their large blooms, their heads, are all turned to face the sun, their source of sustenance, their source of energy.
Look at the picture again, don’t those sunflowers look regal, like royalty, standing tall, swaying back and forth to the songs of the heavens? Praising the Son! Like a heavenly choir!
Suddenly a great army of heaven’s angels appeared with the angel, singing praises to God:
“Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and peace on earth to those with whom he is pleased!”
Luke 2:13-14
These flowers would not be if it weren’t for the heavenly rains and the source of light, the sun. Isn’t that true for us too? We would not be able to flower and bloom and sing praises were it not for the Living Water and our Source of Light, the Son who reigns.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession,
that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9
If we are not blooming, if we are not flowering, if we are wilting and drooped over, maybe we need to turn our faces toward the Source of Light, the Son. We were called out of darkness into light by the Light, by the Son.