Some "Spring - y" thoughts... and Sowing and Reaping

What is it about fresh flowers that can lift our spirits? I love to buy a big bouquet from Kroger's..... they just make me smile!! The colors in this bouquet reminded me of Spring, so I got out one of my pink bunnies... and set her beside the vase... can you tell  I'm longing for Spring??  **Smile** I had bought a medium sized galvanized tub last year to plant flowers in, but never got around to it, so I have also been trying to imagine what I'll plant in it this year.... because even thinking about flowers in bloom makes me happy!

 And I am trying to think too, about what else I can "plant"... I want to sow some seeds of kindness this year... and I want to lay up some treasures in Heaven, too...like Mathew 6 : 20 says:

"But lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:"

And I need to plant many, many seeds in my "Garden of Prayer".... those kinds of seeds bear the most beautiful "flowers".... and what they bring forth has eternal results!!  I am hungry, dear friends..... but it's not a physical hunger.... it's a Spiritual hunger.... a deep down hunger of the soul.... a longing to draw nearer to my Precious Lord.... a desire to see backsliders come home to the Lord...... and to witness new converts - those who may not know anything about God --- filled with God's Holy Spirit.... and baptized in Jesus' Precious name......

I am reminded of Psalms 126:6: "He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." 

Oh God, let this be a "fruitful" year....... and help me to remember that "sowing" requires effort.... and that the return, and the joy of the harvest will make every moment spent laboring So well - worth that effort!!!!