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I have in my hands two boxes,
Which God gave me to hold.
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box,
And all your joys in the gold."
I heeded His words, and in the two boxes,
Both my joys and sorrows I stored,
But though the gold became heavier each day,
The black was as light as before.
With curiosity, I opened the black,
I wanted to find out why,
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole,
Which my sorrows had fallen out by.
I showed the hole to God, and mused,
"I wonder where my sorrows could be!"
He smiled a gentle smile and said,
"My child, they're all here with me."
I asked God, why He gave me the boxes,
Why the gold and the black with the hole?
"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,
The black is for you to let go."
God's Warrior
God's Bouquet
~M. Barker~
You must bloom where you are planted
In the garden we call life,
And bring some special beauty to
Each corner where there's strife.
Perhaps you're but a dandelion,
Wishing you were a rose,
Yet in this place of growing things,
You're the one God chose.
It's up to you to finish what
The Good Lord has begun,
By growing just the way you should
And face the rising sun.
There's room for you, if you but choose,
In a glorious array
Of beauty from God's garden,
that He'll add to his bouquet.
God's Warrior
The flowers God has given us
Have a purpose all their own.
Their magical colors brighten up our lives
And their beauty brings smiles when they're shown.
Some bloom in the spring, some bloom in the fall
Some bloom in the mid-summer's heat,
But the most amazing thing of all
Is each one has its own little treat.
Poem by: G. Alexander
The beauty of a flower opening
Gives proof of God above.
For that is proof that miracles
Exist on this land that we love.
Roses, carnations and daisies
To mention just a few.
Bring joy, peace and happiness
When they come into our view.
When you give someone flowers
It's an expression of care and love
Because flowers are a gift from the heart
Created by God above.
God's Warrior
God's Blessings: FLOWERS
To see the world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower;
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
William Blake
God's Warrior
The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feat, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Little flower, but if I could understand, what you are, root and all in all, I should know what God and man is. - Tennyson
Why are wildflowers so important to those of us who care at all for flowers? For me, anyway, it is because they come like gifts from God (or Nature), and to encounter them in their natural habitat is an extraordinary aesthetic pleasure.
- Katharine S. White
Christianity sees plants and flowers as created by God to show forth and share with humans the divine goodness, beauty and truth - the purpose of all Creation. In this flowers may be enjoyed simply and directly in themselves as showing forth God's goodness and beauty, or, more fully, as archetypes, signatures, symbols, and bearers of legends, mirroring the revealed articles of Christian faith - thereby serving as means for their teaching, recollection, contemplation and celebration. - John S. Stokes, Jr.
