It crossed my mind recently that I understood why we might have first been placed in a garden.
“The rose is the flower of love—the world has acclaimed it so for centuries. The pink roses are love hopeful and expectant—the white roses are love dead or forsaken—but the red roses—ah, Leslie, what are the red roses?”
“Love triumphant,” said Leslie in a low voice. ~Lucy Maude Montgomery, "Anne's House of Dreams"
So in the garden we find love, our love for the beautiful rose.
We find joy in the petal unfurling.
We find peace in a quiet corner of the garden.
We find patience waiting for all of those little seeds to mature.
We show kindness to the animals that get in our shot.
We find goodness in some flowers that are not only beautiful but also edible.
We find faithfulness in a seed that, once sown, comes back year after year.
We find gentleness in the rose losing its petals.
We find self-control to leave a plant where it has self sown.
Yes, I think there was an ultimate wisdom that placed us in a garden.
In Victory,
Sherry
3 comments:
Yes, the Lord often speaks to us in the garden.....so many lessons to learn!
Love this so much Sherry. Absolutely gorgeous garden photos. Just stunning how it's looking. 😍 And I especially loved the L.M. Montgomery quote- Anne's House of Dreams is one of my absolute faves of all of her books.
Blessings on your week ahead. xoxo
I enjoyed your thoughts here, and love that image of all the petals surrounding that chair. Beautiful! J.
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