"I love this red rose"

"This red rose looks good, I love it", were her words after walking in the  flower garden " Hey, don't you like it?" She posed and gazed at me, handing in one of the flowers she had picked. I picked the flower and yes, it was good, fresh from the garden. "Yeah, it is a good flower, and the rest that you are holding are equally good." "I don't think so, you see bro, this red rose is good, leave alone the rest. By the way, if I put up a flower garden, I will plant red roses only." "Okay, let me take you around."

We took a walk around the garden and lucky enough we found one garden purely for red roses, it was appealing. Just a stone throw away was another garden with a variety of flowers, from red roses to lilies. Before I could say a word, she was already shouting, "Wow, this garden is the best, what a beautiful scenery!" I smiled broadly, tapped her gently on the shoulder and replied, "can I tell you something?"

All these flowers are good, but when they are together, in their diverse varieties, they are far better. Think of this, if all flowers in the world were red roses, it could have been so boring. If we had a single variety of trees allover, if every fruit was a mango, if the only animal in the world was a hyena, if everyone was black, I bet, the world could have been the most boring place to be. We can all accede that there is beauty in diversity.

From the red roses to lilies, from the lion to the squirrel, from the cypress to mangroves, from the bees to the butterflies, from the eagles to the woodpeckers, from the white Americans to the black Africans, this diversity makes the world more beautiful. This is a great design of God from creation in the beginning. That's why after God creating these diverse varieties, He sighed and said, 'it is good.'

Let's love each other, appreciate others. We might have different personalities, different skin complexion, different gifts, talents and abilities but we are all the creation of God, fearfully and wonderfully made. Short or tall, black or brown, God loves us equal. Despite the tribe or race we are created in His image and likeness. We should use the diverse capabilities to complement each other as we seek to become better people each day.

God says in His word, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."(Gal 3:16). He loves us all. Let us embrace one another, love each other, appreciate one another, help one another, this is true brotherhood and sisterhood. And as Jesus says, " Love your neighbour as you love yourself." We are better together.