Spring Flowers!

I just got back from a sunny brisk walk down our quiet street. The sun is shining bright, no clouds in the sky, and bright beautiful blue skies!




Sweet fresh air! What a lovely day! Temp is 54 and slight chilly wind! I have flung open all the windows in our house....awww.....nice fresh spring air! I love it! Today is Monday so the wash has been going since early after breakfast. Some of our stuff is flapping in the wind (cottons tend to shrink in the drier, so I hang those ~ sweaters too) out back on our deck. I made our own little clothes line over the swing with rope! Gets it done for us!

I was reading this morning and this came to mind ~ "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers." Psalm 24:1 & 2

I love Spring! I guess everyone does. Spring belongs to the Lord most of all. All the 'deadness' of winter is passing away and things begin to come to life. Well, they weren't really dead, just dormant. Pretty colors, beautiful smells, bright green leaves.... spring time is delightful!

I am uploading pictures of my very first flowers to bloom in the springtime. I want thank Hannah for taking these pix of our front yard flowers this morning. Our back yard is still so cold, we have micro-systems here on Lake Vista. Our front yard faces south and is warm. Our back yard faces north and is colder and more shady, both of which have their own blessings, come summer time. The daffodils are growing taller yet just buds, so no full blown flowers on them yet! In another couple sunny days and they will be bowing to the sun too.

I see so many analogies in my gardens. We celebrate the Resurrection on a Sunday in the not too distant future; actually we celebrate it each and everyday and especially each Sunday, but our calendar picks one day to especially celebrate it. What LIFE! Because Jesus Christ came, totally man and totally God, gave HIS perfect life for me and you.

If you walked around my gardens with me today it wouldn't look like much. Most things look dead and gone. But they aren't! They are very much alive. Just like one day I will look 'dead', I really won't be. I will be ALIVE! More so than I am today! Because I am a child of God the Father, he will bring me to live with HIM in glory! Won't that BE something!

So as I dig, as I weed, as I trim, as I plant, as I pull up and move my plants, I rejoice! I pray! I talk to my FATHER! I spend time praying for those I love and those things dear to my heart. I smell the sweet fragrances. I feel the soft petals. I 'hear' HIS sweet voice. I move the dirt. I lay down mulch. I water. I rejoice! What blessings!

As spring arrives at your house, your situation is very different from mine, I am sure. You may have little ones, so give them a cup and let them discover 'worms'. Worms are good! I used to save milk cartons and cut them and allow my little ones to plant seeds about this time of year, and then transplant the little plants into our yard gardens and watch them grow.....they would get very excited to see the results. Maybe you are alone, so you can pray more. Maybe you have a house full of 'bigger' kids, so you can make a garden together, maybe veggies or flowers to share. Or you could be "BK" (before kids) , so enjoy an inside garden of African Violets.

We have so much to 'learn' about our God and life from springtime! The earth is the Lord's, yet HE allows us to enjoy it ~ with thankful hearts ~ full of praise! He delights in us as we delight in HIS beautiful gifts!

ENJOY!

Delighting in Jesus, hugs, Lynette