I have a very hard time passing up cheap potted flowers. Show me a plant in a pot with a $1 price tag, and I’ll show you an impulsive buyer! 
And so, when ShopRite had these little miniature daffodils on sale for $1.99, I bought one! It has taken up residence on our living room coffee table, in front of one window and a bit off to the side of another.
When I came down this morning, every single one of the little blooms has managed to turn itself around so that it’s pointing toward the windows. Toward the sunlight. Even the little floppy one that I thought was dead.
Isn’t that amazing? A plant, a thing with no brain or eyes or consciousness, knows what it needs (sunlight) and is wholly dedicated to getting it. I’m amazed at the science of it, in wonder at God’s amazing creation, and also astounded at how relentlessly the daffodils pursue their single task.
I was thinking, as I passed them by, that we should be more daffodil-like. What an amazing example they are! They “look” at the sun, every last one. That’s what they need to survive, and so they do it! Our eyes, too, should be trained on our “sun”–God–without exception and without wavering! God is the one Who fulfills all our needs, and nothing else should distract us.
To limit the metaphor, though, I do wish that they were fed by something else! Because in turning towards the window, they’ve turned away from the room, and all you see is the backs of them, which aren’t nearly as pretty as the blooms!
