Flowers along the way

The Lord leads those who seek Him into paths of struggle and rest which lead to a cleansing of the life and to righteousness. What we could not, by self-control and self-will overcome in our live, He leads us to drop from our lives as we follow Him. And what joy to follow, to obey, and to find blessings as flowers all along the way. The funny thing is that these flowers may have once appeared to our 'selfish-self' to be thorns or weeds. They have been unveiled! Struggle and 'discipline' from the Lord's hands are recognized as blessings when the veil of 'self' is removed.