A Normal Day

Well, my crazy schedule has calmed down a bit…the Women's Retreat is over so I don't have practice every week( which I miss terribly! ) and Cookie Sales were wrapped up last Friday-I had no idea the amount of paperwork it takes to sell a bunch of Girl Scout cookies!

'Tis the season to peruse the garden stores to try and narrow down my wish list of plants, trees and flowers for our garden.  We visited Home Depot yesterday and I actually clapped out loud as we reached the garden center!  There's nothing like the smell of flowers, fresh mulch and water in the air to get a gardeners heart leaping.  And  yes, while I am yet an amateur in the gardening world, my heart is that of a professional!

I have bought the staple Petunias and Begonias so far, oh and one lantana and butterfly bush.  I want to still buy more Lantanas for our front island, a clematis for the large bird feeder, Pansies for our new pots next to the front door and maybe some Alyssum and Lamb's Ear to border the island.  My parents are buying a large strawberry planter for my b-day in July and David is tearing out the pampus(sp) grasses to make room for the strawberries and a couple of other veggies I have yet to decide on.

It is a glorious time of the year to celebrate Jesus' gift for us; our new lives, hearts. Being crucified , buried and resurrected in Him.  As I look out my window I see so many pictures of this wonderful truth in nature.  I am in awe when I consider the love that He has for me.  My life has purpose, meaning, joy, peace, abundance because of Him and through Him and in Him.  A wondefully appropriate song comes to mind:

For The Beauty of the Earth

For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies,
for the love which from our birth over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.

For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night,
hill and vale, and tree, and flower, sun and moon and stars of light,
Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.

For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight,
for the mystic harmony  linking sense to sound and sight,
Lord  of all, to thee we raise this our hynm of grateful praise.

For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild,
Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.

For the Church that evermore lifteth holy hands above,
offering up on every shore her pure sacrifice of love,
Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.

For thyself, best gift divine, to the world so freely given;
for that great, great love of thine, peace on earth and joy in heaven,
Lord of all, to thee we raise this out hymn of grateful praise.

I have so much more to catch up on but the kiddos are calling( and the laundry,  the dishes, school, etc..).  Tomorrow tune in for birthday news, guitar updates, women's retreat info, and whatever else that happens between now and then!
I'll leave you with a recent pic of sweet Ethan!