I’m Felicia Ferguson with Christian Mix 106, helping you build faith for the journey.
As a child, I lived in five states by age nine. As an adult, I added two more states to that number. But no matter where I’ve lived, spring has always been my favorite time of the year. The world returns to life after months of cold, ice, and snow.
I can still remember the bluebonnets and Indian paintbrushes popping up in the fields and along the roadsides during my childhood in Texas. And later, I loved the bursts of color from the tulips, jonquils and dogwoods greeting the frosty air of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Simply sitting outside and savoring the aromas of spring and now summer is one of my favorite pastimes. With each breath, I can’t help but sense every plant is singing a chorus of praise to their Creator. After all Isaiah says mountains and hills can burst into song and trees can clap their hands. And as I walk in my neighborhood on a stunning day, I can almost hear every member of nature’s choir.
But what about we humans? Like nature’s aromas, our praise is a sweet fragrance to God. But are we so equally ready to burst into praise for the name of the Lord? Or does busyness put off our participation? Do life’s trials silence our song?
The old adage to “stop and smell the roses” in this sense isn’t just a reminder to pause and appreciate what is right in front of us. It can also be seen as a prompt to savor the flowers’ constant praise to their Creator and encourage us to join their song, no matter our current life circumstances.
Because even during times of busyness, pain, or hardship, we should praise God. By following nature’s example praising God when we not only don’t feel like it or when we can’t see an end to our problems, we are offering the purest example of a sacrifice of. And these praises can be the sweetest of fragrances to our Maker.
The next time you catch the heady fragrance of a rose or the sweetness of a gardenia or jasmine bloom stop and not only savor their scents, but take a moment to sing your own praises to our incredible God.
I’m Felicia Ferguson. Thanks for listening to Christian Mix 106.
