Follow the Sun

Have you ever grown sunflowers? I plant them every year. I've loved them since high school, when they were all the rage as patterns and accessories (I still wish I could fit into that denim and sunflower skirt I had as a teenager). They're just such happy pretty flowers.
This year, we have two giant sunflowers that have blooms at the top and then scattered all the way down their stems. And we have several sunflowers of a variety that blooms browns and oranges instead of just yellow.
Have you ever watched sunflowers through the day?

It's not completely noticeable, but if you're looking, you can see it. Their heads follow the sun.
See those pictures above? The first one is from in the morning when the sun is toward the back of my yard (the direction I'm aiming). The second is in the evening when the sun is on the other side of my house (behind me). It's very subtle, but the heads do turn during the day, following the sunshine.
Years ago, I was in a ladies' class and the sweet woman teaching did a lesson on just this point. How we need to be like sunflowers and follow the "SON." See what I did there?
It's an easy concept to visualize. The Bible literally tells us to "fix our eyes on Jesus." Can't be much more straightforward than that.
Every summer as my sunflowers grow and bloom, I am reminded of this very concept. We need to do as they do and follow the sun. Let them remind us to keep our focus where it's supposed to be, not distracted by anything going on around us in this crazy world, but always fixated on the One who can help us through it.
​What about you? Do you want to be a SONflower?