Hidden Characteristics

We're back from vacation.   Have you ever noticed that when you go on vacation and come back that it feels as if the vacation were a dream?  Just something vague and enjoyable that is separated from what you normally do? 

I didn't do much posting while I was gone, but I did put up some pictures.  I have not been posting many images, so I thought a visual week might be different.

We were golfing at a miniature golf course while we were gone.  All throughout the course, there was a plant that grew along the edges of the course.  It looked a little like bamboo, with long, green leaves.  If you looked closer, you would find small blue flowers, hiding among the leaves. 

Sometimes the best parts of a person are like those little flowers. We expect to only see the normal green leaves, and it is only when we look more closely and carefully that we find the blue flower -- that unique and wonderful characteristic of a person.

People, unlike plants, deserve our time and attention to find what makes the person special.  God calls us to look for it.