A Tailor Extrodinaire

"...Consider the lillies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?"

Matthew 6:28b-30 (ESV)

Today was a beautiful day in Connecticut. Following a couple of days of thunderstorms, today was sunny and warm, but not uncomfortable. The kind of day you want to be outdoors. And I was. With my son Shawn and one of the elders from my church, we took to the golf course for nine holes and had a great time. When we came home, we grilled some chicken, had supper with my wife, and then I took a few minutes to walk around the yard and look at the flowers currently blooming in our yard. The variety of colors, sizes and shapes made me wonder about the words of Jesus recorded above. These flowers are a reminder of God's love and concern for me, a reminder that is hard to ignore when you consider how beautifully God clothed the flowers of our yard. Here are some of what we have currently blooming in our yard.

As I was considering these flowers I found myself hard-pressed to imagine anything more wonderful to look at. Yet, as careful as God was in attending to the details of these various flowers, Jesus said God is more attentive to my needs for clothing. I wonder what God must think when I worry about His provision for me as one of His children. I need to ask His forgiveness for the times I worry, and especially when I have the chance to see how careful He is about the colors, shapes and sizes of the various flowers in my own backyard. What an awesome God I serve.