The Parable Of Two Daisies

God's protection for His children can be compared to two Shasta daisies living in a garden. One of the daisies grew out in the open and was bathed in sunlight all day long. It grew strong and healthy, with a straight stem and beautiful pedals. The other daisy grew at the edge of a forsythia bush. Some of the spreading branches covered its head and it got sun only part of the day. As a result, the daisy was much smaller than the first and looked a bit scraggly. The big daisy, filled with its own magnificence, bragged about its beauty and preened itself constantly.

Then one day there came a powerful thunderstorm. The wind blew and the rain came down in torrents. The big daisy, out in the open, was pelted by huge raindrops and hailstones, and bent by the wind. When the storm was over, it was stripped of all its pedals, its stem was broken, and it lay in the mud, all its beauty gone.

But the little daisy was hardly touched. All its pedals were in place and its stem was unbroken. It had been sheltered from the brunt of the storm by the spreading branches of its forsythia bush.

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. (Psalm 91:4)

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Ed Price spent 35 years in print and broadcast journalism. He is author of 15 books. After becoming an ordained minister he settled with his wife on a farm in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, to study God's word and to write. Ed and Patty are the parents of three girls, have one grandchild, and cater to the every whim of two spoiled cats.
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