Spring Garden

 

"Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone:
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing
of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land."
Song of Solomon
(2:10-12)

Crocus blooming in the snow.   These beautiful flowers, along with the dainty Snowdrop,

 are often called "the heralds of spring."
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So when I looked at those flowers,

I was looking at God

For they bloomed in His sun

and grew in His sod.

And each lovely flower

was a "voice from above"

That whispered a message

of kindness and love.

For I feel in my heart

and I know you do, too,

That God speaks to us all

through the kind things we do.

And when I looked at those flowers

I couldn't help but feel

That they brought heaven nearer

and made God so real.

"Spring Garden"
Helen Steiner Rice
(1900-1983)
Inspirational writer and Christian poetess