pilgrims (what may flowers bring)

may has seen me spending a lot of time in the garden, and since i always fill out those email surveys that ask "what do you want to be when you grow up?" with "a gardener," it has been a particularly enjoyable month. (even with all the other "life" stuff swirling around)

i've been tossing this particular blog entry around in my mind for quite some time. in fact, i first started thinking about it when looking at the tulips outside my front door just before leaving for nationals and realizing that they'd bloom while i was gone, and that i'd probably miss most of their "beautiful" days.

(yes, these are azaleas not tulips past their prime blooming)

as i spent time at nationals meditating on all the Scripture that had been memorized throughout the year, 1 Peter 1:24-25 came to mind:

"all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. the grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever."

praise God for the eternality of His Word! may it fall on good soil.(Luke 8:11-15)