You Are God’s Flower, Now.

1 Peter 1: 24-25

For “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord endures forever.”

This is a bittersweet comparison.  Flesh is short lived, yet flesh also flowers in great beauty.  Remember that Isaiah and Peter live in a desert climate.  Grass exists, flowers exist, they come and they go quickly.  The beauty bursts forward, but not for long.  Flesh contains the beauty of the image of God, even though it be limited like the grass and the flowers of the grass.

This is important to consider. Because too often we consider only the imperishable, the way we shall be after, in the permanence of eternal life.  We all too often discount the beauty that is created into us now, in the flesh.  Every one of us is unique.  Every one of us is beloved by God.  Every one of us is created to be special. 

The work of Peter, as a whole, is to speak to his readers of the truth of Christ, the long view of which is on to eternal life.  But the promise of the long view is founded upon what we have been given in this life.  It is what we have been given this life. 

So the next time you are looking in the mirror, the next time you are standing on the scale, the next time you are questioning who you are, or even why you are, remember this.  God created you as a flower.  And God does nothing but the highest quality work.  If you are to stand in His shadow, He will reveal the flower within you.