365 2014 Day 39 Wax Flower Cheer

 

Today was a difficult day. Johnny and I are both sick with a virus that has left me unable to do much but sleep. Even the sunshine seemed to hurt so I closed my curtains and curled up in my bed with Janey for most of the day. I found these lovelies at my local grocery store last night. I had gone in to get the ingredients for chicken and dumplings (aka medicine), and I saw them warm and shining from the corner of the store. They looked like summer wildflowers to me. I picked up three bunches but put two back after discovering their price. One was enough. They were just what I needed.

Today when I got up and shuffled though my kitchen they were smiling at me from the table. Summer in a vase.  I felt awful, but I knew I needed to get their little faces in my lens for a few moments. I took them out to the back porch and set them on the turquoise floor that I painted last summer. I felt better already, just looking at the fresh colors. “Thank you” I said out loud to God, who always knows just what I need. When I looked at them through my lens with the light passing through their delicate frames, I said it again. “Thank you”. Their soft lines and sweet features brought cheer to my soul and I was grateful.

After a few minutes of this, I laid my camera back on the table and went to bed.  Sometimes a short visit from a friend is enough to encourage our hearts.  No doubt tomorrow will be a better day. But even if it is not, God is with me and that will be enough. He is always enough.

I am thankful to find treasures like this even on the hard days.

 

Psalm 68:19 ~”Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.”