Like buds, morning breaks
hours unfold
bearing noon-blooms
that fade and fall,
like so many flower-petals
to strew the dust of dusk
The petals of days to weeks to months to years
scatter seasons of life in their wake...
We are here for such a small 'season'
in light of eternity;
an eternity that begins
in the moment awaiting every single one of us,
when we close our eyes,
never to open them again on earth!
No matter what season we are in
we are students in its 'classroom'
with still so much to learn...
1 Tim.6:11-12
But you, O man of God, flee from these things (the love of money)
and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, perseverance, and gentleness.
Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called
when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
spring, summer, autumn, winter twirls
a kind of carousel
that often startles boys and girls
with hello's swift farewell
as childhood drifts from carefree streams
as adolescence sails
into a world of hopes and dreams
where Reality hails
with that which life is bound to bring
as the years come and go
a very sacred harvesting
for we reap what we sow
where autumns and winters accrue
bearing the telling yield
of seeds we strewed while dashing through
springtime and summer's field
Janet Martin
Though we cannot turn back the clock
and undo what is done
or un-plant what is planted
this is a new day the Lord has made!
We can rejoice and be glad in it
and ask Him to help us to be mindful of the seeds we strew today,
for, in a sense it is always planting season
and no one lives to see the full extent of the harvest
for better or worse.
Oh, pray we plant for the better today!
Seeds of righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, perseverance, and gentleness.
A lot of thought goes into spring planting because
every gardener and farmer knows
we cannot reap what we do not sow!
Last week the first teeny-weeny start on this year's garden-planting!
No! this is not all my garden!!
Beyond the grass strip is the farmer's field!
He has lent me a corner of his field so I am able
to have a larger garden than I could otherwise enjoy!
