Tag: sunflowers
-
Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus – Rooted and Radiant Week Two: Rooting – God Is For You
Before we begin, take a moment to settle in. If you’d like, imagine this as another coffee date together. Maybe you’re refilling your mug, adjusting your seat, or taking a deep breath after a full morning. Just as we might if we were sitting together at Silk City Coffee, let yourself arrive without rushing. There’s…
-
Surrendered Seasons, Eternal Seeds
There is a moment in the sunflower’s life when it stops turning its face toward the sun. Its petals fade, its bright crown softens, and its head begins to bow low to the earth. This is the stage known as senescence, the final phase of the sunflower’s life cycle. It begins only after the seeds…
-
Beholding the Light, Becoming the Light
There is a moment in the life of a sunflower when all the quiet, hidden work beneath the surface begins to reveal itself. After months of rooting, stretching, strengthening, and turning toward the sun, the flower enters a phase called anthesis. It is the season when the sunflower fully blooms. Its face is open. Its…
-
When the Soul Forgets to Turn
Every sunflower begins its life by learning to turn toward the sun. In its young and tender stages, it follows the light faithfully from east to west, letting the warmth guide its growth and strengthen its stem. But there are times when a sunflower becomes weighed down by weather, wind, or the sheer heaviness of…