A few weeks ago my nephew announced nani your yard needs mowing as if I wasn’t the one entering and leaving the doors of my house on a regular basis. Although I’m known to a bit unobservant to my surrounding at times, I could plainly see that all the rain and the unexpected snow we had received here in Arkansas had caused the once brown dormant grass to waken into small piles of mushy green carpet.
The reawakening of dormant things is one of the greatest beauties of the spring season.
The waiting in the winter in the anticipation of change can be hard and lonely.
Eventually, seasons do change, but often the signs of change are so subtle that we barely notice them while we are in the thicket of life’s hustle and bustle.
I woke up one morning with the words the grass withers, and the flowers fade but the word of the Lord stands forever pressed in the forefront of my mind. Then only a few short days later 1 Peter 1:24-25 was a part of my reading in The Love God Greatly study.
Who gives much thought to grass? We walk on it, mow it, mulch it and sometimes we try to stop it from growing in certain places? Yet God uses the most mundane to teach us a lesson.
The eternal God compared to the fading grass.
You and I are like the grass.
Are you tending to that which is fleeting or that which is eternal?
On one hand I can’t help but think about how quickly life slips past us and how important it is to tend to our relationships with one another. We have a way of fading in and out of each other lives beyond just physical death. Just as the yard needs mowing so do our relationships need tending so that they do not fade away quickly like the wildflowers.
Blessings….
Profound….
I’ve been known to be overgrown, under tended, neglected, overlooked, and dismissed, now am into watering and fertilizing and understanding it up to me to tend my grass and not leave it to others or less i’d be subjected to their whim and will.
peace.
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I do like your take it Rhapsody. Far too often we look to others to cultivate what we can do ourselves. Blessings.
Enjoyed reading what the Lord spoke to your heart… we live in the middle of a mountain meadow and 17 of the past 21 years have been drought so it is especially relevant… send Your rains, Lord Jesus and make us mightily aware of our brevity AND help us to make it could for You!!
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May your fields be watered Marijo.
I needed to hear this today, Wanda. The phrase that really jumped out at me was “the waiting in the winter in the anticipation of change can be hard and lonely.” You will never know how those words resounded within my heart today. Waiting in the season of winter…knowing a change is coming up ahead…yet, not sure when it is coming or even what the change will be is a very hard and difficult place to find ourselves. God’s timing is so different from ours, and it is a hard lesson to learn what it truly means to wait upon the Lord. Thank you for the encouragement and for sharing what God placed upon your heart. 🙂
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It would be so much easier if we some how knew a certain date on calendar that our spring season was coming yet we must keep looking with trust and expectation. I find myself often wrestling in the winter rather than restful waiting. May our roots grow deeper in Him as we wait upon Him. Many blessings to you Cheryl.
I’ve always loved that verse about the grass withering and flower fading but the word of the Lord standing forever. Lovely and encouraging post, Wanda, thank you!
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Isn’t it a wonderfully encouraging verse Connie.
I have found it entirely too easy to neglect relationships, especially long-distance ones. They require extra effort and intention, but are well worth it.
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Pam, you are not alone in that. I so appreciated you reaching out to me a few weeks ago. Sometimes you never know how much that extra effort means to the other person.
Great analogy Wanda with the grass. It must be tended just as our soul must be to keep it fresh and green and growing. Good post.
Yes our souls need care as well. At times we can forget to tend that which matters the most.
Hi Wanda! I was just dropping by to wish you a Happy Easter. May God bless you and yours in this holy season.
Happy Spring too!
Ceil
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Happy Spring Ceil! I pray all is well with you and yours.
Our grass is pretty much dead over here n California due to the drought and water restrictions. Sometimes my spiritual grass goes through a drought. I am thankful that I always have access to the Living Water!
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Just as there is a difference in our geographical location condition of our grasses so it can be with each other in our spiritual lives. Some are feeling lush and green and others feel a little dry and brittle. But our access is indeed universal to the source whom living water.
As I get older, I find it harder and harder to maintain relationships. Oh Lord, help us to reach out and love and take note of our quickly fading lives…So glad to hear your words again, Wanda!
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It’s a challenge for me as well especially being so introverted. But I’m grateful for the gentle nudges he provides me to refocus and reach to others. The words have been a challenge in this season Amy but it feels good to get back to space.
Wanda, all I can say is, NOW is the time for this word. May we hear it and practice it with grace.
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No time like the present.
Wanda, these were beautiful words. So rich, so true. Sometimes I think it’s essential that we remember how short our lives are on this earth. We are like blades of grass, wisps of winds. Here today, and gone tomorrow. Oh, may the Lord use us to tell others about the eternal inheritance He has bought for all who believe. This is what counts, above all else that we do.
He and His Word stand forever.
That is Good News, indeed.
GOD BLESS!
Although I know life is fleeting, I too often get lost in the what needs to be done in this very moment. But if we can really remember that we are just passing through and time goes so fast and to major on those things which truly matter how much richer will our time here on earth be.
You paint this so vividly~ I thought of you, at Easter and I hope you had a lovely day~ I, too find lately
time seems to be speeding by. I need to remember to embrace the now! Thank you, Wanda~
Thanks Ella. It was a nice quiet day. One much different than I have in the past but beautiful nonetheless.
An excellent and heart pulling reminder.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the beauty of Arkansas… I was born there, but haven’t been back to dig up any bones… haunted by enough of them!
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With so many beautiful places to see, some places are better left to visit only in our memories. Good to see you. I’ve missed reading your words. I must get by to visit.