The Cheerful Giver

Have been struck lately with God’s lavish excesses.  He’s not one to scrimp and save and dole out in miserly proportion… Have you noticed the grass of the field?

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Or the buttercups randomly placed?

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Some would call it wasteful.  I feel it’s a waste when I do something that is not appreciated, used or even noticed.  But what of early morning birdsong, or the wildflower on an unseen slope? or a glistening dewdrop never observed? Is it a waste?  God doesn’t seem to think so.  He’s extravagant.  And all creation stands as a testament to His unfathomable wealth.

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What a cheerful giver!

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God is able to make all grace abound toward you–that always having all contentment in all things, you may abound in every good work.

By His grace,

Linda

Mysteries and Wonders of Spring…

I took a stroll out back a few weeks back and had to fetch my camera to capture all the beauty springing up…
IMG_1653 This year the deer didn’t get all the blossom tips of my rhododendron!
IMG_1659 All Jim’s little fir transplants are sprouting tender new growth…
IMG_1664 My maple transplant has grown tremendously.  I love seeing the fresh new leaves…
IMG_1667 Dandelions may seem common but there is nothing common about these amazing little puffballs…
IMG_1670 Sping Beauties grew in the woods of NJ where I grew up–always a signal of early spring…
IMG_1679 Hairy curiosities these.  Do you recognize them? They will unfurl to be grand ferns.  Who would have guessed it…
IMG_1684 I don’t know why the grass does this but it does.  Very weird root-like hairs burst out of what look like seed bodies of this saw grass that grows out back…Weird.
IMG_1687 Always something more to be seen on a closer look…
IMG_1690  Willow wands…
IMG_1701 My little ash tree is dressing up.  These will be transformed to red-orange berries come fall.
IMG_1702 I love blue flowers!
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Promise of strawberries to come…
IMG_1716 Chives are everywhere standing sentinel in their purple pomp…

IMG_1722 One day I hope to have lilacs blooming all over the place.  This is my first bush and I love it!
Note: My postings have become erratic at best…This is due in large part to the coming of the sun to our part of the world and the irresistible draw of the out-of-doors in general, and my garden in particular.  It is glorious!  LS

Don’t Fence Me In


The wildflowers are subtle here and you have to look close but they are all the more radiant for the wilderness that surrounds them…
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This one’s camouflaged!
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Twins!
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“The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the Word of the Lord remains forever, and this word is the good news that was preached to you.” I Peter 1:24-25
Hope you had a wonderful Easter!!