Christians and flowers
During the American great awakening of the 1700s a preacher made a beautiful analysis of a Christian:
What a beautiful analogy- we should be humble as Christians and remember just like the humble little flower needs the sun's light, so we as Christians need Christ's light.
The soul of a true Christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower as we see in the spring of the year; low and humble on the ground, opening it's bosom to recieve the pleasent beams of the sun's glory
What a beautiful analogy- we should be humble as Christians and remember just like the humble little flower needs the sun's light, so we as Christians need Christ's light.