YOU ARE THE FLOWERS OF MY HEART
YOU ARE THE FLOWERS OF MY HEART.
I MADE EACH ONE OF YOU, AND YOU ARE PRECIOUS TO ME.
LOOK AROUND YOU - NO TWO OF YOU ARE ALIKE.
I HAVE GATHERED YOU TOGETHER AS A PRECIOUS BOUQUET, SO THAT
TOGETHERYOU WILL GIVE HONOR AND GLORY TO MY FATHER.HOW SAD IT WOULD BE IF THE DELICATE VIOLETS DECIDED TO BECOME DAISIES OR THE LOVELY SWEET PEAS DECIDED TO BECOME ROSES, FOR YOU EACH HAVE A PURPOSE TO FULFILL.
THE DELICATE VIOLETS TELL OF MY GENTLENESS,
THE SUNNY DAISIES TELL OF THE HOPE I GIVE FOR TOMORROW,
THE LOVELY SWEET PEAS OF MY BEAUTY
AND THE BEAUTIFUL ROSE OF MY LOVE.
ALONE YOU ONLY GIVE PART OF MY MESSAGE,
BUT TOGETHER MY WHOLE MESSAGE IS GIVEN.
THE LOVELY FRAGRANCE OF MY BOUQUET IS LIFTED UP TO MY
FATHER AND IS PLEASING TO HIM.
YOU ARE THE FLOWERS OF MY HEART,
I LOVE EACH ONE OF YOU JUST AS YOU ARE.
RECIEVE MY LOVE!
(IN 1975, THESE WORDS CAME TO MY MOTHER AS SHE WAS DRIVING TO A PRAYER MEETING AT ST. PIUS X CHURCH).
AS A TEENAGER, IT WAS BLESSING TO READ SOME OF MY MOTHERS PRAYER JOURNALS WHICH ENCOURAGED ME GREATLY THROUGH TRIALS AND TRUBULATIONS AS I SOUGHT TO DISCOVER MY IDENTITY, KNOWING THAT GOD WAS "ALIVE" AND THAT HE SOMETIMES SPOKE TO MY MOTHER. THESE INSPIRATIONS MOVED ME TO MEDITATE ON GODS WORD (LECTIO DIVINA) AND TO CREATE ART TO ENCOURAGE, STRENGTHEN AND EDIFY.
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