ORANGE BLOSSOM

Orange Blossom seems to be the word Holy Spirit is using in my life for the last few days. It all began many months ago, it may possibly be well over a year now. For some reason I tend to add honey to my coffee and do not just use it for tea if I want a sweet touch to the coffee. So, I stumbled upon orange blossom honey. Ever since I discovered this type of honey I no longer prefer clover honey. I do not know much about it but I enjoy the flavor of it. I think it is because it is not a strong tasting honey, it is a little more subtle. The last few months I would drive out of my way to a certain store that carries this orange blossom honey and it is the brand quality that I like also.To no avail though. Each time the spot for this honey would be on the shelf but no product in the space provided. I was really getting down to the last of the honey so I settled for the same brand but I purchased clover. I was then low on that and sure enough still no orange blossom so I purchased the small size of clover again.
In the meantime I view the live teaching I posted on my blog the other day about the prophetic and one of the words spoken forth was Orange Blossom. I perked up my ears to learn a little bit more about it. Did you know that the orange blossom is the state flower of Florida? It was designated that in 1909. Did you know that orange blossom flowers are very popular in bridal bouquets and head wreaths for weddings? The orange blossom essence plays an important role in the making of perfume.
What I learned about the spiritual connotation of the meaning is when people are sensitive to the presence of God, the fragrance you can sometimes smell with the presence is told to me that it smells like orange blossoms. I find that very interesting. I will have to go and smell one one day to see what it is all about.
I did some further research and found out a bit about orange blossom honey. Orange blossom honey is known as citrus honey for it is produced by putting the beehives in the citrus groves during the blooming period. It is suppose to also pollinate seeded citrus varieties. I never knew this until today. I can see why it is in popular demand for it is highly prized and tastes much like the fruit.
You see, sometimes God can speak to you well before the time of knowledge comes to play in your life. I have been enjoying this type of honey for quite a while now and it was not until the other day that I learned more about orange blossom. The starting of knowledge that day is what sent me on learning a little bit more about it today.
Back to my story now. It was the very day after viewing the live teaching online that I went to that particular store to pick up a few items (I always check the honey section to see if they stocked more of the orange blossom honey) and to my surprise...there it was sitting on the shelf. Do you think it was a coincidence I do not think so. You see, when God puts a desire in your heart. Once you have tasted of it and have enjoyed it and then one day it is gone. You begin to realize how much you do miss this. Do not take things for granted when God places people in your very life for when you do you will one day turn around and realize they are no longer there for you. It was in the doing without the orange blossom honey that I learned to adapt to another less prized type of honey. Each time it was not in the store I would be disappointed and have to settle for not using honey or using an inferior type of honey. Now, since I have a full jar of my favorite honey I so very much so savor the taste of it.  I try not to over indulge when I do use it. I can now see how much I enjoy this honey since I had the opportunity to not have it for many weeks in my life.
Is there someone or some people in your life that you take their presence for granted? Maybe you had a treasure or a gem of a person in your life that you took for granted. Once you discover the true gem/treasure inside of them it may be too late to go back after the veil has been removed from your eyes to allow you to see this treasure inside of them. Life is but a vapor. We are here today and you may not even have tomorrow to enjoy. Do not be like my example of the orange blossom honey story OK. I took the orange blossom honey for granted because it was always there on the shelf when I needed to replenish. Until...that day when it was no longer available on the shelf and I had to settle for something less prized and more commonly known as the clover honey. Do not settle for anything less than God's best for you. Once you realize God's best then do not let go of it for one day you may turn around and it is no longer there for you. Use wisdom and again, I say, settle for only God's best in and for your life. Anything less than that will keep you searching and searching and searching some more. Then you will probably look back on your life and wish you had not settled for something inferior to what God has for you.

Orange Blossoms

Orange Blossoms