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“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me” Psalm 51: 10

“But paradise is locked and bolted….
We must make a journey around the world to see if a back door has perhaps been left open.”― Heinrich von Kleist, On a Theatre of Marionettes

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Flowers, trees and plants in the bible and their symbols, just interesting!

http://www.catholictradition.org/Saints/signs4.htm

“As for man, his days are as grass.” (Ps. 103:15.)
In the psalms and the writings of the prophet Isaiah, we see grass used as a symbol—a symbol that persists through the end of both Testaments:

“As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

“For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.” (Ps. 103:15–16.)

“All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” (Isa. 40:6–8.)

Grass represented the transitoriness of man. With the heavy rains of wintertime, grass flourishes and spreads its velvety green carpet even over the barren wilderness, but with a blast of the transitional khamsin (the desert wind), it is gone. The blades are vivacious and vigorous one week—gone the next. So is the life of man.

With such a transitory life on earth, we can be comforted by the permanence of an unchangeable and never-ending Providence: “If God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?” (Matt. 6:30.)

The prophets also used grass symbolically in decrying the instability of riches and the emptiness of pursuing them: “The rich … is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

“For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.” (James 1:10–11.)

If of thy mortal goods thou art bereft,
And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left,
Sell one, and with the dole
Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

This classic verse was written by MOSLIH EDDIN (MUSLIH-UN-DIN) SAADI (SADI), who was a major Persian poet of the medieval times. It is just one of the many beautiful verses in his book Gulistan (“The Rose Garden”).

This beautiful ,solitary Morning Glory graced a small apartment of a financially poor young couple who were rich in hope and love!

flowers of the poor

Luscious pink lily

Living water, sun and soil;

Stand Strong Star-Gazer.

Learn more about the HAIKU!!!!!

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poetic-form-haiku

Have you heard of National Haiku Writing month? NaHaiWriMo? Check it out here!

http://www.graceguts.com/essays/haiku-checklist

“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” Claude Monet

What masterpieces you can see at the Claude Monet Gallery! Enjoy!

http://www.claudemonetgallery.org

“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 its simple charm.
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”
―Saint Thérèse de Lisieux

Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris ……Give us PEACE ,Lord, in all our days!!!

Lyrics for “KING JESUS HAS A GARDEN”

Words from Heer Jesus heeft een Hofken,
Traditional Dutch from Geestlijcke Harmonie, Emmerich, 1633
Translation by Rev. George R. Woodward (1848-1934)
Source: George Radcliffe Woodward, ed., Songs of Syon (London: Schott & Co., Third Edition, 1908), # 430

1. King Jesus hath a garden, full of divers flowers,
Where I go culling posies gay, all times and hours.

Refrain:
There naught is heard but Paradise bird,
Harp, dulcimer, lute,
With cymbal, trump and tymbal,
And the tender, soothing flute.

2. The Lily, white in blossom there, is Chastity:
The Violet, with sweet perfume, Humility. Refrain

3. The bonny Damask-rose is known as Patience:
The blithe and thrifty Marygold, Obedience. Refrain

4. The Crown Imperial bloometh too in yonder place,
‘Tis Charity, of stock divine, the flower of grace. Refrain

5. Yet, ‘mid the brave, the bravest prize of all may claim
The Star of Bethlem-Jesus-bless’d be his Name! Refrain

6. Ah! Jesu Lord, my heal and weal, my bliss complete,
Make thou my heart thy garden-plot, fair, trim and neat. Refrain

“Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.” ― Georgia O’Keeffe

Take time to search the wildflowers in your State:

http://uswildflowers.com/

“The Earth Laughs in Flowers” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I must have flowers, always, and always.” Claude Monet