Friday, May 16, 2025

Dear God,

Today I cut a stem of Lily of the Valley.  For probably three years I planned to make a cutting, place them in a tiny vase and smell them daily.  Unfortunately, I failed to do so.  By the time I was ready, the flowers had dried up.  What was wrong with me?

But today when I saw them appear in their bright white, I stopped what I was doing, grabbed my scissors, cut a single stem and placed it in a tiny, vintage medicine bottle.  I filled it with water, sat down and brought them to my nose.  I closed my eyes and smelled the fragrant scent over and over again.  How sweet and wonderful!  Several times throughout the day I lifted the vase and put it to my nose.  It seemed as though I was smelling the sweet scent of heaven.

Holy God,

remind me

to pause

in my

daily busyness

to smell eternity.

Forgive me

for forfeiting

the opportunity

the last

three years.

Thank you

for grace

to remember

that was yesterday

and today

is today.

Yours, Andrea