My Cup Runneth Over

“Oh, how abundant is your goodness.” Psalm 31:19 (ESV) I love flowers. God could have given us just one flower, and only three flowers are mentioned by name in the Bible — the Rose of Sharon, the Rose, and the Lily of the Valley. But there are over 400,000 kinds of flowers in the world! All colors, all kinds, some so small you can barely notice them. Others are huge, some have wonderful fragrances, others barely have any scent at all — but they bring such beauty into our world! It’s hard to look at any flower and not feel God’s love. God gives us love abundantly. He gave us over 2,000,000 species of living things … over 6,500 species of mammals, 60,000 species of trees, 20,000 species of fish, and 11,000 species of birds. He didn’t haven’t to do any of that. He could have given us a dozen animals, and a few trees, and a couple of birds — and we’d have never known the difference. Everything about God is about abundance, especially His love and forgiveness. He gave us a beautiful world. He gave us the sun and moon and stars and the seasons. Our cup is full and running over. There are eight billion people in the world and no two are alike, not even identical twins. We use flowers to celebrate almost every holiday and event. We have flowers at parties, celebrations, holidays, weddings and funerals. People take flowers to cemeteries to leave on graves of people who have passed away years ago because there is comfort in the act of leaving flowers on a grave. There is a Chinese proverb that says, “Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them.” Give some flowers to someone today and see them smile, and it will do your heart good. God, we are overwhelmed by your love. — Crying Wind   Council Fire is a collaboration with Intertribal Life Ministries and Native Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. The Council Fire Daily Devotional Book Set is available on the Intertribal Life Ministries website. Learn more about Council Fire at councilfire365.org