“See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.” 1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬ ‭NLT‬‬ (full chapter is very insightful)

I have been watching my sunflower show it’s offsprings day after day as the sun beams upon each tightly held bud. People walk and ride by stop to chat and ask how this could be? They take photos and chat to one another from their cars as if I’m not sitting on my porch and watching.

In some ways it’s a mystery to many of us that has only seen a sunflower with a single bloom or maybe 2 or 3 blooms. We might think this belongs to all of us and not just her, the lady in the rocker on her porch.

The Bees, I think, feel the same. They are in their comfort zone and they don’t move or very seldom when I dance around with my iPhone in hand.

I began to think what lessons might we learn in watching something a little different than what we are accustom to. As I listened, asked questions, and googled just as any curious person might do I didn’t get an clues. I was very interested in this family of sunflowers from one seed all connected.

Then I realized that I was struggling with a FB post I had just read by a Christian father and writer. He had posted a photo of his Christian college age daughters dressed in short styles with boots strolling through the street. We only saw their backs. Needless to say he got many compliments on their beauty and a few that didn’t find it appropriate for Christian girls.

Here’s where I got confused he had a lot to say about those negative people, “Pharisees”. Don’t they know that “his girls” live in the world and we don’t live by a set of rules as the “Pharisees”. I don’t know but it seem to me he was all over the place but nice and open for comments he said.

Our Father, a set of rules, live in the world …

“… But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.” 1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬ ‭NLT‬‬

I, like this eartly father of these girls, invite you to join in and help with understanding rules, living in this world and being like the culture to be accepted. How does this scripture connect? How do we communicate with others at times like this?

He had posted a photo on his page that gave OP for others to like, comment etc. Maybe the rule works if you can’t say something good keep your finger in your pocket? If you don’t like how his family dresses and handles the college culture don’t buy his books which seems to be stories about his family and how he sees living.

How does it work in our daily lives that the people of this world don’t recognize we are God’s children if we know God as Father and they don’t? How does my family of sunflowers bloom so beautifully from one root and excite the bees, me and others that see with glee. And, yet maybe some might think that my bee gathering place might cause a bee sting?

Pull up a chair, bring a cool drink and invite a friend as we explore the mysteries of God’s Word and World!