Dead Vs Alive!

This afternoon I was out getting some fresh air, walking down our driveway, and our hydrangea bush stopped me in my tracks. My focus immediately went to the dead bloom on the left. The Lord spoke to my spirit and ask me did I not see the pretty alive bloom on the right? Y'all, you want to talk about a wake up call! It doesn't matter how long you've been living for the Lord, it seems your focus immediately goes to the bad things going on in your life instead of the beauty God has for us. Especially, when you're in the middle of a battle. Whatever ugliness satan throws at us, there's another side full of beauty. I also immediately thought about the beautiful bloom being on the right side of our bush vs. the left side. In the biblical sense, the right side is seen as a place of honor and glory and goodness vs. the left side representing evil or being unclean. Spiritually dead (left) vs. Spiritually alive (right). The enemy will lie to you and tell you everything is dead in your life, and there is no beauty left in it. You have no purpose left etc. Oh, but don't you know we serve a God that says otherwise. He is still alive and well, there is beauty still to be found, and He will rise you up from those ashes of despair. I don't care how bad it looks or how bad you feel; we've got to focus on God through it all. My mind immediately went to John 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to more abundantly." (to the fullest)