Welcome the peaceful signs of this new season by
Beating your swords into plowshares.
Then go till up a garden!
Beat those blades back into swords again
And do battle against an ensnaring sin.
Don’t be anxious about
What is coming or
What might come.
Pick a bouquet just for today’s table.
Turn regret on its squeaky hinges
And resolve to make a change.
Blessings to you as we welcome the wonderful signs of spring!
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Flowers just for today’s table! I like that! Spring blessings to you!
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And to you also, Liz!
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Love this spring poem! : ) Just got my “plowshare,” now to find someone who knows what the plants in my yard are and what I need to do to take care of them haha! Believing this is part of picking a bouquet just for today’s table!
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So true, Bethany. We can be so determined and practical about life, but then there is all this beauty outside that needs to be appreciated. Annie Dillard warned her readers not to let nature “play to an empty house.” Yes!
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Lovely positive poem – thank you xx
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Thank YOU!
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Lovely poem, made me smile. Thanks for joining in with #That Friday Linky
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Happy to share a smile with you on this lovely spring day!
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Dear Michele,
These is such a lovely poem about springtime and growing! And I love the photo of the snowdrops! I am still waiting for the first little crocus to peek up here, but this icy rain today must be scaring them away. 🙂 Hope you have a beautiful spring, friend!
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We have a wintry mix promised for the weekend, but I think our little flowers are resilient! Yours will be here before you know it! Thanks for reading and writing and loving poetry!
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Happy Spring to you, Michele! God’s blessings to you and your family.
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Thank you, Cheryl, and to you also!
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Love the poem. Perfect image to go with it too.
Happy Spring!
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Thanks, Veronica, especially for your thoughts about the image! I’m working on being more attentive to the images I use.
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I’m so glad spring is here and hoping you are done with your winter weather!
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Apparently mixed precipitation is in the forecast for tomorrow morning . . . but it can’t last! Determined to give thanks for spring!
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My bouquet are full of deep red roses!
Thank you Michelle, quite a deep poem!
Jennifer
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Yes! Roses on today’s table! Thanks for reading, Jennifer.
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A beautiful poem for spring Thank you for linking to #Thatfridaylinky please come back next week
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I love this as it is cold and blustery (aka … wintry like) today 🙂 >> “Pick a bouquet for today’s table.” There is always a blessing to be found in each day. Have a blessed Sunday!
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Thanks, Joanne! We drove through Massachusetts today on our way home, and you are about the same stage of spring development as we are. We’re all having our patience tested this year!
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Thank you for sharing this refreshing poem! I cannot wait for spring to arrive and stay!
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In the middle of a blizzard here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and still have 30+ inches of snow on the ground – but I’m certain that spring WILL come eventually! Since I’m fighting a headache today, it’s a good day for a snow day, and I refuse to lose my joy in the Lord!
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I love your brave faith! Hope you’re already feeling much better.
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Lovely, Michele!
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Thank you, Amy! You’re always such an encouragement!
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Ah, there is no gardening today with the rain and cold winds and all that other good stuff that gets us ready to embrace the sunshine when it finally returns.
But I did get all the evergreens fertilized on Saturday, Michele. And it felt so good to get outside once again …
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I’m itching to get my flower beds uncovered!
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Michele, I love your snow drops! We have only flakes here today ( :
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Spring is definitely in the slowest hurry I’ve ever seen this year!
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Beautiful words to motivate me this morning as I look at snow on the rooftop of the house across from me. Blessings on your week!
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So many set backs. As Luci Shaw says, “Spring is a promise in the closed fist of a long winter.”
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It’s so uplifting to see signs of spring all around!
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Such a wonderful poem filled with spring imagery. Thanks for sharing at Love to Learn; Pinned.
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Thanks so much!
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Winter doesn’t want to let go, but our snow is melting fast now and I have hope! Your poem helps.
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That’s wonderful to hear!
We just returned from a few days in Delaware, and so I gazed at their tulips and daffodils and have new hope for ours!
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Yes! Gardening! The scent of the soil, the beauty that keeps on giving with promises of even more beauty after a cold winter, the physical work that beats down fears, creating a place to pray, to relax, to enjoy birds, to sing….how I love gardening!
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I planted a lot of new daffodil bulbs last fall, and it’s such a gift to discover them in these days of early spring!
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