TULIPS III

Worry is like a rocking-chair: It gives you something to do, but doesn't get you anywhere.

"Casting the whole of your cares - all of your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all - on Him; for He cares for you affectionately, and cares about you watchfully." 1 Peter 5:7

TULIPS II

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
They are but trifles to be sure, but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.


Be sure to spread a little sunshine this day.

Here come THE TULIPS!

You are never so tall as when you are on your knees.

"Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up." James 4:10

RANUNCULUS

Although I have learned this last week that this is certainly not a new flower on the scene; it was to me. Will let you know how it likes my garden.
"Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart." Proverbs 3:3

PLANTING TIME

These are just a few of the plants that are to go into pots and windowboxes.
"There is a time and a season to every purpose under heaven." Ecclesiestes

CREEPING PHLOX

"The light in the eyes of him whose heart is joyful rejoices the heart of others." Proverbs 15:30


"This little light of mine...I'm gonna let it shine!" Vacation Bible School song

FLOWERING QUINCE

"Contentment comes when God's will is more important than our wants."
From Our Daily Bread

MORE JONQUILS

Above all else love God alone:
Bow down to neither wood nor stone.
God's name refuse to take in vain:
The Sabbath rest with care maintain.
Respect your parents all your days:
Hold sacred human life always.
Be loyal to your chosen mate;
Steal nothing, neither small nor great.
Report, with truth, your neighbor's deed;
And rid your mind of selfish greed.

The McGuffey Reader

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I THINK THERE ARE OVER A DOZEN VARIETIES IN THE GARDEN

JONQUILS IV

"Do what you can where you are with what you have."

Our Daily Bread: A;ril 9, 2008

JONQUILS III

"Contemplate the love of Christ, and you will love.
Stand before that mirror, reflect Christ's character, and you will be changed into the same image, from tenderless to tenderness.


There is no other way."


from: The Greatest Thing in the World.

JONQUILS II

"Love is an effect. And only as we fulfil the right condition can we have the effect produced."


From "The Greatest Thing in the World"

THIS WEEK: JONQUILS

"All living things grow--whether they grow in soil or in the soul . No man can make things grow.
He can get them to grow by arranging all the circumstances and fulfilling all the conditions.
But the growing is done by God." Drummond Year Book. (emphasis by the author)

SURVIVED!

These little fellows were outside all winter.
They are s0000 happy to see Spring.

ALL DECKED OUT

"Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!" Robin Williams

THIS ONE'S FOR LEON!!

"If I had my life to live over, I would start going barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall.
I would go to more dances, I would ride more merry-go-rounds.
I would pick more daises." Nadine Starr http://pinds.com/2002/07/01/if-i-had-my-life-to-live-over
ps: Two of the runners in this last weekend's "Go St. Louis" marathon ran barefoot!

SIMPLE BEAUTY

"The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it's scent nor the daisy of it's simple charm.
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose it's loveliness." Theresa Lisieux

SPRING!

"The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day He created Spring."


Bern Williams

FIRST THINGS FIRST

"Seek the kingdom of God first.
First.
Not many people do that.

They put a little religion into their life--once a week, perhaps.
They might just as well let it alone.
It is not worth seeking the kingdom of God unless we seek if first."

Henry Drummondd (emphasis original)

EVEN MORE

"The gospel offers a man life.
Never offer men a thimbleful of gospel.
Do not offer them merely peace, or merely rest, or merely safety; tell them how Chrisst came to give men a more abundant life than they have--a life abundant in love, and therefore abundant in salvation for themselves and large in enterprise for the alleviation and redemption of the world." Henry Drummond

A PATH TO REST

"Christ's invitaon to the weary and heavy-laden is a call to live life upon a new principle--upon His own principle.
"Watch My way of doing things," He says.
"Follow Me. Take life as I take it.
Be meek and lowly, and you will find rest."
Henry Drummond

A THOUGHT FOR THE 1st DAY OF APRIL

"The fool hath said in his heart, 'there is no God'. Psalm 53:1