WOYWW: Smell the Flowers!

Wednesdays come around pretty quickly

here in my craft room!

And this is what I have on my desk 

this morning...two fans! 

It is summer here in the Philippines

and it is sooo hot!

I cleared up what I was working on

last night, to make room for this.

I am painting Saint Matthias.

He is not that well known,

at least to me!

But in the first book of Acts,

Peter said that they had to choose 

someone to replace Judas Iscariot.

"...it is necessary that one of the men

who accompanied us

the whole time...

become with us a WITNESS

to His resurrection."

Saint Matthias was chosen by lots,

and it is his feast day today.

The funny thing is according to tradition,

today is seen as the luckiest day

and a good day to buy lottery tickets!

But God's ways are different from 

the world's ways!

Saint Matthias was probably beheaded

or stoned, or both, as was the lot of 

most of Jesus' disciples.

They were witnesses to His resurrection,

His miracles, His teachings.

They believed in Him enough 

to follow Him to the end!

Yes, Matthias was "lucky"

in a whole other sense!

"My home is within you."

Psalm 87:7

There is no place we can go this summer 

where God is not present.

I remember when I was young 

and we went  to Australia. 

I felt guilty spending so 

much money when there were so many 

hungry people in the world.

That morning I prayed about where

God would want me to go

and I felt He wanted me 

to be surrounded by His creation.

"Go and smell the flowers." 

My mom and I visited the 

Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne

and we arrived just in time 

for the free tour.

As the guide pointed out the beautiful

plants, flowers and trees, 

I felt God's love surround me.

Then the guide said, 

"Smell the flowers."

I bent down and I distinctly remember

to this day, the palpable feeling

that God was telling me,

"You are in the right place at the right time."

How wonderful to know that we 

can never leave God behind,

even if we reject Him, or His presence!

Whatever we do, wherever we are,

we can look for Him. And we will find Him.

That is His promise.

He lives within us. 

His Spirit is what gives us life!
We are soooo blessed, sooo "lucky"!

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Blessings!

Patsy