Fragrance — Part 1
I was tired and sat down under the shadow of a great pine in the forest, glad of such a cool retreat from the hot sun. I had not been there long before I noticed a fragrant odor and wondered where it came from. I looked around and found a tiny flower about half the size of a daisy, nearly hidden from view in the moss.
How fragrant it smelled! Again and again I held it near my face, enjoying the perfume, and then I looked up and thanked God for that tiny, insignificant flower in that wild, almost untrodden forest, yet bringing such cheer and refreshment.
I wondered, why is such a wonderfully fragrant flower so small? As I thought about it, a lesson spoke to my heart. If I cannot be a pine in God’s forest, I may be a tiny flower to send forth the fragrance of Jesus in this world of sadness. There is a tendency in our hearts to desire to be or to do something great. Often we are not content like the tiny flower to send forth fragrance in obscurity. Don’t be discouraged if you have never been called on to perform some great task. It is not always a question of doing great things. It is written, “Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not” (Jeremiah 45:5).
