Meditations & Nosegays

Lately I've been reading St. Francis de Sales' book Introduction to the Devout Life which has been a great help. At the end of each meditation he says to form/gather a spiritual nosegay. I have never seen the word "nosegay" in my life so I looked it up and found out that it was a flower. After reading somebody else's thoughts on the subject, I wrote down this little definition:

  Spiritual Nosegay - as one would carry flowers to perfume a place full of horrid smells so should we carry points of meditation in our mind to sweeten the sinful world in which we live. 

St. Frances de Sales wrote these meditations to be read in the morning and instructs the reader to hold on to that morning's devotion through out the day. I think it's a wonderful idea :)
 The first meditation I read was on creation and it has helped me so much. Meditate on the fact that we did not have to be brought into existence. We were non-existant. Not waiting around to be born or just some souls sitting around somewhere. We were not. God willed us to exist from nothing. He would not have done that just for the heck of it. Every person was made with incredible care and purpose. Each soul has it's own "mission" to fulfill for God's greater glory. He did not create randomly. Whenever I feel discouraged I just think back to that meditation and know that He has a purpose for me and I would not exist if He didn't. 


*sigh* it's so hard to fit all my thoughts about this into words but I hope my rambling made some sense. Never let the devil convince you that you're pointless. If that were true, you would not exist.