The Saturday was normal just like any other. However, it was messy from stormy weather and heavy rains. I was visiting with family back in Alabama, and was standing outside by the door to my mother’s home awaiting entrance, when my eyes glimpsed tall yellow flowers in the middle of a watery yard. I had never noticed such flowers in my mother’s lawn prior to this day. Yet amidst a soggy yard, there they stood tall and lovely in the core of a wet and dreary day. As I continued glaring at the beautiful flowers, a great truth tugged at my heart. If we will just take the time to notice, God brings beauty out of seemingly messy places. While we may find ourselves focusing on what appears to be a scrappy and hopeless situation, God is opening a flower bud of miracles and blessings, ordained before the beginning of…