The joy I was experiencing could not be contained! It was springtime, and my husband and I were driving through the countryside. I had enjoyed the area’s scenery before, but now, it was as though I were seeing it for the first time. Hundreds of wildflowers were in full bloom in an infinite array of beautiful textures, forms, designs, and colors.
After a long while, my husband, tired of hearing my unstoppable enthusiasm, exclaimed, “They’re all just weeds!” I laughed because we were definitely seeing from two different perspectives. Silently, I thanked God for His creation, for the loveliness of nature filled with innumerable and diverse expressions of creativity.
The scenery was not the only thing I was seeing and experiencing in a newfound way. For a long time my life had been full of extremely difficult challenges, and I had felt unloved, depressed, and uncertain about what the future held for me. I knew there had to be a change, and that change had to be within my thinking and would come through prayer. One thought I found especially helpful was David’s prayer: “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law” (Psalms 119:18).
