Daily Devotion - Tuesday, March 30

Moonflowers

“O magnify the Lord with me,
let us exalt God’s name together.”
--A request to sing of God’s goodness

A couple weeks ago, I started planting flower seeds. Most of them are from our flowers last year. Some of them have quite a history, connecting us with special people in our lives.

• Today the story of the Moonflower seeds. A few years ago I was Senior Pastor of a church in Tell City, IN. Our next door neighbors were Jeff and Carla. I was privileged to officiate at their wedding which was celebrated by a lake in the Hoosier National Forest on a beautiful Tuesday morning in October. They were gifted gardeners. Often their backyard was featured as part of the Perry County garden tour. We enjoyed numerous poolside visits adoring their flowers. Jeff introduced us to the Moonflower, a vine whose white flowers open at dusk and look like a full moon.

• A portion of the fence in our back yard will again have Moonflower as a celebration of our friendship with Jeff and Carla. We miss them and we miss our pool side visits. We still remember them and the ways that they graced our lives.

• Today is Tuesday. Take some time today and call a friend or two.

A prayer: Through the seed and soon the budding flower, remind me of friends that you’ve given me. Amen.

--Ben Keckler
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