turn your eyes.

There's this girl that I know that often tries to turn her face towards the sun as she mimics the sunflowers gaining strength and hope from something above. This task proves difficult for her because frequently when she looks up towards the sky, clouds seem to get in the way making it hard to find the same hope and strength she once found when the sun had first appeared.

Just as the sun flower wilts and shrinks when the sun seems to "disappear" this girl finds herself low to the ground hiding her face from the world. She cowers, loses hope, feels useless and small.

insignificance. unimportance. lack of confidence.

Its not until this girl learns to turn her face towards the sky even when the sun seems to not be present will she learn and grow into the beautiful creation she is. So she lifts her face, frightened and discouraged, staring blankly into the grey obis and something truly wonderful happens.

Rain hits her face, rolls down her cheeks, hits her right in the heart, and washes away all of her doubt as she serves, grows, and learns more about her Savior, just as the sun flower longs for water, she is no longer thirsty.

let the rain fall down, let the rain cover the earth, and remind her of the coming days.

Thank God for rain. ( or so this girl told her.)

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