Have you even noticed?

This time of year wild flowers cover the grassy patches on the sides of the highway and fill the medians with colors that otherwise would not be found there in our other seasons.  They are beautifully alive.  They are bright and bold.  They are true... 

But they don't really make a difference.  They can't change the world.  Traffic never picks up because of them... Gas prices don't come down... They can't end the war...  Not even their colors can slow global warming... They haven't the cure for disease... Their loveliness is no remedy for poverty... No aroma from them will secure our economy...No flower alludes death.  In fact, they will be gone in a matter of days.  They are a fleeting glimpse into the creativity of the author.  Today we might notice them, but then we will not notice them.  We will forget them.

However, for a moment, I noticed them.  I saw them.  I really loved them.  I couldn't help but smile knowing that creation has taken place right before me as a testimony to the Creator.  For a moment, though that moment has passed,  I saw Him.  

I may never end a war or cure cancer.  I may never feed the hungry or lead a revolution.  I may never save a life.  But before my moment on this earth has come to pass I will be a testimony to the Creator.  If only one slows to see the miracle of my creation, though it is here and gone in a instant, I have changed the world.