Recently the above flower appeared unexpectedly among my flowers. I think it may have come up other years as well at this time of year, yet it was still a pleasant surprise. Sometimes I find myself getting discouraged about the weeds and unwanted things which need to be either weeded out or pruned. Sometimes that is all I see, and I fail to see the beauty in the flowers.
It is like that in life in general as well. It is easy to focus on the "weeds" of our lives, to focus on the problems or difficult issues of life. If we do that, however, we may miss out on seeing the blessings of life, the blessings the Lord gives us every day. Philippians 4:9 reminds us to think about things that are true, lovely, pure, excellent, and praiseworthy. It is easy to get our minds in a negative mindset. Yet in the Lord we can focus on the beauty of the Lord. on His character, and and on His creation. As we discussed in our last post, let's get rid of the negative giants in our minds and replace them with lovely and beautiful thoughts. https://christiancaregiving.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-battle-in-our-minds.html
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