293. I think that no matter how old or infirm I may become, I will always plant a large garden in the spring.  Who can resist the feelings of hope and joy that one gets from participating in nature’s rebirth? ~Edward Giobbi 

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The flowers of late winter and spring
occupy places in our hearts
well out of proportion to their size.
~Gertrude S. Wister

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Small for sure on earth’s vast stage are the first flowers of late winter and early spring, but large is their scope.  They, like the day’s first sunlight fractures darkness in the physical world, shatter darkness int the spiritual world.  And when any light breaks spiritual darkness, joy and hope can be sparked and subsequently release from any imposed bondage the light of God which is at the heart of all He created.  Thus I believe it is by Divine intent and for sacred purposes that these flowers occupy places of disproportionate size in the human heart.  Humanity lives with dreadful darknesses in this fallen world, and it could be that the Lord purposely built into Creation’s fabric the repetition of such sparks to keep igniting anew the glow of His Light.  J. Philip Newell proclaims that the light of God “dapples through the whole of creation.”  He declares that it can be seen “within the brilliance of the morning sun and the whiteness of the moon at night and that it issues forth in all that grows from the ground and the life that shines from the eyes of any living creature.”  Thus like cracks in a dam weaken the structure so that flood waters at some point may no longer be able to be contained, crack after crack in spiritual darkness eventually lets in more and more of God’s holy light.  Hence when the fullness of His Light breaks through into the world and the human heart, there is the potential for amazing floods of grace and healing as well as salvation.

You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.  Psalm 18:28   ✝

13 thoughts on “293. I think that no matter how old or infirm I may become, I will always plant a large garden in the spring.  Who can resist the feelings of hope and joy that one gets from participating in nature’s rebirth? ~Edward Giobbi ”

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  2. is that another one blooming too—man—I’m thinking we’ll never see such!!!
    Iris? I love irises, I don’t have many bulbs, hardly any…I always tell myself that I’ll plant the bulbs in the fall in order to enjoy them come spring, but my routines are such that I’m usually in the throws of some other yard endeavor when I need to be planting —one of these days I’m going to get in sync!!!
    Lovely!!!!
    hugs—cookie

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    • It’s a crocus and it won’t live long. We will be down to the high teens tomorrow night and the 20’s on Monday night. So our pretties have not much longer to live. The shame is these are the things that only bloom once a year so when they are lost we have to wait another year before we see their lovely faces again. Hope you’ve had a lovely day, missy. Hugs and love, Natalie 🙂

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  3. agh, crocus, I knew that! Tomorrow is to be in the mid 70’s whooohooo—but then things turn wicked, again—-ode the the roller coaster of spring. We head to San Antonio on the 12th—I am so ready as the weather looks to be much nicer than what we’re accustomed to—the pasty white little body is ready for some warmth!!!

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    • Those are the kind of temps we’d been having, and I knew it was way too early. But Mother Nature has a mind of her own and she sometimes is not very kind to her babies who through no fault of their own trusted her and came out to play. Oh, do enjoy San Antonio. It should be nice down there then. Hugs, N

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