Flowers of the Field

I Peter 1:22-25

We are the flowers of the field; we 
hold our hands up like petals to 
the sun.  A brief shining moment 
and then we're gone, but what have
you done, what have you done?

We are the flowers of the field 
spending our time chasing the 
American dream - buying the 
house, the car, and the perfect 
smile, but what does it all mean, 
what does it mean?

Cry to the Master, cry to the King,
Cry before the disaster of wasting 
everything, wasting everything, cry.

We are the flowers of the field 
seeing the danger when we have to 
choose.  But looking at how it is 
and what it could be, what would 
you lose, what would you lose?

Jesus has come so that life can 
have real meaning.  Jesus has come 
so that we can live beyond what's 
seen.  Don't throw away life only 
chasing what is shallow-
Dare to live another dream!

We are the flowers of the field, but 
we have our time now if only 
briefly.  So when the sun sets at the 
end of your day what will your life 
mean, what will it mean?

©2006 Jennifer C. Shaw