I took this picture a week or so back while Dave and I were out on a walk. It’s the little things that speak to my heart.
Here we have a decaying piece of tree, dead pine needles but from beneath these little wildflowers push through and bask in the sun.
“…but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” II Corinthians 4:16 KJV
Such is life.
As I get older I see my body showing signs of age. There are wrinkles, reduced strength, my joints creak, my skin has begun to sag…Let’s stop there, I think you get the point.
However, my spirit and my emotions are stronger than they’ve ever been. I don’t worry and fret as much, I rely less and less on my own strength and depend more and more on the Lord’s. It’s His word that provides direction and wisdom, instruction and comfort.
“When a wind from the Lord blows on them, the grass dies and the flower falls. Yes, all people are like grass. 8 Grass dies and flowers fall, but the word of our God lasts forever.” Isaiah 40:7-8 ERV
God’s love will never fail. His Word is eternal. Those things will stand forever!
In the midst of the decay, let’s base our life, our eternal life on those things that last forever.