Two weeks ago we hiked the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail from Abshire Park toward Middlebury. The wildflowers were in full bloom and we were awestruck by the array of colors. Today we hiked the same trail, but almost all the flowers were gone. The wildflowers had bloomed quickly and just as suddenly had lost their flowers.
James 1:9-11 says, “Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.” So much of what we do and what we take pride in fades away quickly. How much wiser would it be to invest our lives in the things that really matter and last forever? Let’s consider changing what we do and how we think, so that we are aligned with the will of God. Then our efforts will be rightly directed and our labor will not be in vain.
Reluctant Retiree 