Much has happened since I last wrote. Renae has faithfully written about it on her blog, so all I will say is, God is good and faithful, and He worked out the finances and details to get us to Bulgaria and back with our newest daughter, Ava!
The day we were taken on the 185-mile, 3 1/2 drive, to pick up Ava, we saw miles and miles of fertile farmland (at 90 mph, most of the way)! We saw corn and what looked to be wheat or barley, but what really stood out were the fields of sunflowers.
Now I'm no expert on sunflowers, but I did notice how all the sunflowers were facing the same direction...pointing directly towards the sun. I decided to research this a little bit and discovered this is called 'heliotropism'. Prior to blooming, all sunflowers start the morning facing the east horizon to catch the suns rays at daybreak. During the day, motor cells in the sunflower stem tilt the bud so that it follows the sun across the sky. At day's end, the sunflower is facing west. Over the night, the plant resets itself and is once again facing the east horizon the catch the sun the next day. Once the flower blooms, it does not follow the sun across the sky, however it still faces a general easterly direction.
When we saw the many acres of sunflowers, we marveled at how they were all facing the same direction. I wonder, if we compared Christians to sunflowers, how many of us are facing the Son, Jesus Christ, on a daily basis? Are we looking to Him when we first rise and when we lay our head down at night? Are we keeping our eyes on Him or are we distracted by the world around us?
I know I need to be more intentional about facing the Son each day...how about you?
My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD;
In the morning I will direct it to You,
And I will look up.
Psalm 5:3
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