Maybe you don’t think that flowers are a miracle. But perhaps it’s because flowers are so common place or ordinary that sometimes we don’t notice how spectacular and how beautiful and how splendid and how really wonderful they actually are! Like God! Remember: “He made everything beautiful in it’s time and created the earth and plants and vegetation of all kinds. And the lilies of the field! ...
Notes from Nana
Notes from Nana: WAITING FOR SPRING: Read Poetry?
White blossoms bloomed on our pear tree just before the last freeze. Today is cloudy, cool and gray but the lovely white bridal wreath and spirea are blooming like delicate white lace. Both are beautiful but don’t ask me which is which! The yellow daffodils are gorgeous all over our yard, pasture, and throughout Mississippi countryside. Spring? Late February and early March a lovely time ...
Notes from Nana: Happy Valentine’s!
Valentine’s Day. A day for love and lovers! So the phrase goes. Smile. So DO show your love to your sweetheart and your children! How? Paul gives us wonderful challenging words on the topic! LOVE IS: “Love is patient…love is kind…” and all the long list of seemingly impossible attributes from his letter to the Corinthians! LOVE has faith and ...
Notes from Nana: Influence of a Mother
I love flowers and music and God’s Word and… What do you LOVE? Years ago, with our young children, Bill and I took my parents to New Orleans to board the “Sunset Limited” in New Orleans. They rode the train to Los Angeles for a visit with my Mother’s sister in LaJolla and to attend the Pasadena Rose Parade. I’ve watched the Rose Parade on television since I was a child but never ...