"Don't miss the flowers"

Last spring, we planted a flower bed of Vinnias in our front yard near the sidewalk. It was simply beautiful. This beautiful bed of flowers exceeded our wildest expectations. Many people would come by and tell us how beautiful these flowers were. One day a lady passed by our house walking and pushing the stroller of her young son. She stopped and looked at the flowers. I was standing on the front porch at the time and I thought she was just admiring the beautiful flowers. She spoke to me and told me that her son enjoyed seeing “bugs.” Instead of looking at the beauty of flowers, they were looking for bugs.

As I thought about this experience, I was reminded that this is the very way that many people view life. Instead of seeing all the good and beautiful things around them, they concentrate on the one negative element they can find. Some look at the cup half empty, while others look at the cup half full. How do we commonly look at life?

When I visit the mountains, I am amazed at the creative wonder of our God. It is simply something wonderful to behold. Likewise, I enjoy the beach and looking out into the water. There is a sparkle and a beauty that simply cannot be fully described.
How wonderful it is to see the face of a young child full of hope and full of dreams.

We will see many things this week in our lives. Unfortunately, not everything is we see is good. Our world is full of pain, hurt, and heartache. But as we look at our own windows this week, let’s look for the good. We can spend our whole lives looking at the bugs and miss the beauty of God’s creation.