Flowers :)

Lately I've been on this flower thing. To say I like them seems an understatement. I am grateful for each flower I see. It's really cool when God places this picture in my mind of flowers when I'm thinking of a particular person. I have a few friends that God has chosen to do this for, others I see water, or my husband it's simply a feeling of love, sometimes in a color, or a moment of beauty.
Sometimes I'll be thinking and/or praying for a friend or person and God places this picture in my mind, more often than not it is a clue as to whether I should continue to pray or if He's indicated it's been answered. Weird, yeah I know. But if the picture in my mind feels dramatic or sad, I continue to pray, if the picture is full of color or express' joy I know God has that covered :)
This is why I think I am just so happy to see flowers, more often than not a flower is a prayer answered, or at the very least well within His hands.
This economy is scary, friends and family have been effected greatly, there's uncertainty and people feel the grasp on hope getting weaker. Today more than ever God is showing me flowers, He has me seek them out. The colors are powerful, lots of purples and oranges and yellows. I believe God is taking us all a step backward so that as one nation under God we can move forward. This economy is forcing families to live together again, grandparents, parents and children, this is awesome :) God is stead-fastly reinforcing the family bond, focus on family time, as opposed to me time.
This is a scary time, government is scary, but God is hard at work, I believe He has heard the cry of the Israelites once again and come to save us from our own induced slavery to "keeping up with the Jones".
Today Lord I am grateful for flowers, in every color, shape, and size Lord. To me You have shown me these are answered prayers, and I am seeing them everywhere :)