Spring time, almost! Based on the calendar, Spring officially begins on March 20. But the wintry condition still refuses to go away. In fact, over last weekend, we had a snow fall. Thinking that this may perhaps be the last snow for this season, our neighbor made a snowman with her grandson. ...
One thing is sure: Spring will eventually triumph over winter! The signs are there: longer days, more sunshine! With it, snow melts, river flows again, the soil thaws, seeds take root, and flower buds! Not wanting to miss any of these actions, I have been going out to the garden daily with my camera. Below are some pictures of new life springing forth in our garden.
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Spring time indeed marks a new beginning! What a glorious and exciting sight to observe the earth awakening in springtime. See a fragile flower break through, what just a day ago or two, seemed barren ground, still hard with frost... flowers sleep beneath the ground, but when they hear spring's waking sound, they push themselves through layer of clay, to reach the sunlight of God's Day.
The sleeping earth awakens,
The robins start to sing,
The flowers open wide their eyes
To tell us it is spring,
The bleakness of the winter
Is melted by the sun,
The tree that looked so stark and dead
Becomes a living one …
These miracle of nature
Wrought with divine perfection,
Are the blessed reassurance
Of our Savior’s Resurrection.
The robins start to sing,
The flowers open wide their eyes
To tell us it is spring,
The bleakness of the winter
Is melted by the sun,
The tree that looked so stark and dead
Becomes a living one …
These miracle of nature
Wrought with divine perfection,
Are the blessed reassurance
Of our Savior’s Resurrection.
- Helen Steiner Rice
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Spring is God's way of speaking to men
And saying, "Through Me you will live again."
For death is a season that man must pass through
And, just like the flowers,
God awakens him, too.
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Thanksgiving:
Father, your blessings are all around me. How I thank you for your generosity, your mercy, and your love. Help me realize that I am a seed planted in my Master's garden but I can grow and blossom and become a flower worthy to be picked and placed in His bouquet.
Source: H.S. Rice (1989) Daily Stepping Stones
