Flowers Fade

Beauty is passing. It’s here for a moment, and once we feel we have it grasped between our fingers, it slips through and fades. Just like the fireflies that shine in the night. They flicker for a moment, then fade back into darkness. Here for a season and gone just as quick as the summer came. It is so enticing to try and attain that which is fleeting. The world tells us that this is all we have. This is all we need to do for happiness, and yet somehow, we are all left still searching for more. Even the beauty of nature comes and goes. Grass will wither, and what was once lush will quickly turn to hay for the next harvest. Flowers will spring up in the most lavish, stunning, vivid colors and before we know it, they are dry and fading. In all this we can confidently cling to this truth, the Word of God will be forever. It will never change. He never changed, and what He has spoken is and will always be a firm foundation to stand on. This is my confidence.

“The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever.” Isaiah 40:8