I am doing something different with this blog. Last summer I started to really enjoy writing and reading poetry. I still have a lot to learn when it comes to writing poetry. However, this was the poem that I feel is my best work and one that I actually use as an inspiration in my life. Because it is titled “Sunflower” and it is all about seeing sunflowers as a symbol, you will find that sunflowers are the main piece of decoration in my apartment. I hope that this poem and blog will lift spirits as we are now in spring, with a summer and warm weather approaching.
Sunflower
A sunflower is not known for its beauty.
It has a simple design
A sunflower is not mentioned in love poems or songs.
It is not a rose that is used for professing love
Or a lily that is used as the sign for spring.
But a sunflower has a purpose not many other flowers like
Sunflowers dance while following the sun
Wherever the sun goes so does the petals
The sunflower’s beauty comes not from themselves,
but from the sun that it follows
Even when the sun is gone and the skies are gray
Still continuing to seek the sun and all of its rays
The sunflower will still arch toward the light
finding joy on the darkest of days
In doing as it always does, no matter the change of day
Oh, how I would love to be a sunflower
When people see me, I hope they see the Son
Following the Son with perfect harmony
My beauty does not come from within myself
But from the Son that I follow
In darkest of times, be as a sunflower
Find the joy in all circumstances
Reflect beauty beyond yourself
And no matter what
Follow the Son where he leads
I want everyone to remember to be like a sunflower. It is not always easy. We would much rather follow our own heart and own mind rather than the Lord’s. He always knows where we need to be going. He always knows what we really need, so there is no need to worry about following the wrong way. God blesses us with simple beautiful symbols all throughout the world. Sunflowers are just one example of a beautiful symbol. God has created a simple and beautiful flower to showcase how we are supposed to live on a daily basis. A sunflower will never be anything without the sun, and that is the same as us with our son, Jesus Christ.
The sunflower’s main job is to showcase and follow the sun in the sky, while our main job is to follow and showcase the son being Jesus Christ. When people see us, they should see Jesus Christ in how we love, learn, care, teach, and work. This even includes the hard times and the hard tasks. The Sunflower, especially immature sunflowers still face where the sun should be on cloudy days. They know that even though it is dark and cloudy, that there is a sun underneath those clouds. This also happens at night when the sun has gone down for the night. Sunflowers patiently wait facing the east for the sun to come up. The sunflowers know that even though it is dark at the moment, there is a glorious morning on the horizon. No matter how dark it can get at certain times, always remember that there is a son, Jesus Christ, that is there and who will eventually come back for the rest of eternity.
Colossians 3:23 Blog 
You have an amazing God given gift♡ Thank you for your inspiring words…The Holy Spirit is using you in HUGE ways…♡ Keep bloggin!!!🙂
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Thank you so much! This really made me smile!
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