
Wendy’s Reflection
In this post I have used a photo of a poppy I took several summers ago when I worked for a season in a wealthy woman’s extravagant formal gardens. The gardens were vast, manicured, and filled with innumerable varieties of flowers, shrubs and trees. Yet, despite the extravagance of the garden, the essence of it still came down to the delicate petals of each plant. The petals of the poppy, pictured above, are more delicate than crepe paper. Yet they carry the morning dew and open wide to catch the life given from the sun. It is a picture of the human soul, I think. Our lives are short (on the landscape of eternity), and yet while we have life we each are given a purpose. Until we find that holy purpose, we are only half-way there, as suggested by George MacDonald’s words about uniting human will with God’s will. So I defer to the encouragement of the opening Scripture verse exhorting us to encourage one another as long as it is day. For our days are short and the petals of our lives are fragile. They need the warmth of the sun to rise to a full bloom.
Wonderful post Carla,thank you for sharing. Passing it on 😉
Wonderful advice. Now let’s remember it each day.
Love this. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Me too, watery eyes. We all need encouragement, seems like we need it more now than ever. These days, I have to look for signs to encourage me in this life, they don’t come as obviously or freely as they used to, mostly they come from nature or posts like this one. Poppies are one of my favourite flowers. Thank you. Have a beautiful day everyone.
thanks for sharing this, Carla.
This was perfect for today! thank you for sharing Carla!
Thank you Carla for posting this devotion…✨
Rita…
Thanks for that. So often, I feel as if I don’t do enough, but I do love to encourage people. You have encouraged me, to not be bound by ‘rules’ in my creativity, so thank you! ❤
A beautiful post. You, yourself, are a wonderful encourager of people. Thank you.
Thank you, Carla. You are an encourager for sure..evidenced in your art teaching and broader so with this devotion.
And – I Am So Grateful for YOU!!!
Such beautiful words and photograph. Thank you for sharing Carla and also sharing your gifts with each of usl
You have encouraged me to embrace the spirit of the child in myself. 🙂
Beautiful Art!