One look at these flowers and you may wonder where I get my gardening tips. I agree that they look pitiful, but truthfully, I am not overly concerned because I know there's an easy solution to their wilting. Water. Long moments of sitting under the hose, and these little impatiens perk right up without a trace of wilting. Water is not just the solution to a problem; it's also the way to prevent the problem in the first place. On those days when I'm Super-Mom I remember to water my flowers before the heat of the day, which prevents them from ever wilting to begin with. But, on those days when I'm sliding into naptime with a thin grip on my sanity, my poor flowers face the heat of the day without their daily drink.
How similar we humans are to these flowers. When we fail to drink daily from a never-ending supply of mercy, which is new every morning, we wilt as soon as the heat of life gets turned up. When I go into the day, depending on my own supply of patience and mercy, the tank is empty before the day is even half done. Thankfully, though, we don't have to go through life wilted and running on empty. The water for our souls is there; all we have to do is take a drink and repeat daily.
"For His mercies never fail; they are new every morning.." Lamentations 3:22-23
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