Our Annual Visit to Amherst Nursery

Dear and precious sisters-in-Christ, We have always had a housefull of assorted plants and the outside was arrayed with assorted trees and plants and flowers and vegetation. This being our second year of living in Ohio we are still trying to make our outside and inside filled with assorted plants and flowers. We decided not to put in a vegetation garden but instead have roses and clematis and dahlias and hanging baskets of petunias and violets. And what better place to go - a nursery! Our son told us about this nursery that he and his wife would go to in April and May. Last year we went after Mother's Day and they were getting ready to close the following weekend so our choices were rather limited. So this year we decided to go much earlier. Monday we took off early just in case it was going to rain before we got back. Now to get to this nursery the drive is about 36 miles and you need to have GPS because it is located deep within the country lanes. We traveled through small towns and large empty corn fields and around hairpin turns with varying speed limits, like 25 to 55 mph. The drive is very enjoyable on a sunny day and thinking about what to buy keeps us steady on the road. The closer we got to our destination we saw more and more cars on the two-lane country road we were traveling on and then we saw the entrance. What a surprise - the parking lot looked like the entrance to an amusement park. We slowly maneuvered between the people exiting the nursery with carts filled and also those who had filled their cars trying to return the empty carts. There must have been hundreds of people and yet when we entered the nursery it looked like a beautiful garden with all the fragrances and colors and flavors of the beauty of nature. The air was so fresh and with the sunlight filtering in from the screened roof we were in our own little world. As we perused the isles looking for our desired flowers and plants I was thinking about the Goodness of our Lord. I was also thinking about our journey in getting to the nursery. The different speed limits, the small towns, going over railroad tracks, hairpin turns, and especially getting to our destination. It was full of so many people and yet the nursery itself was so peaceful and serene. My verse for today is Isaiah 45:8, "Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it." Dear and precious sisters-in-Christ let us pray - Abba Father, Praise to Thee for You have created it and ALL that You created may it be as it is written, "drip down, from above and let the clouds pour down righteousness." Our lives O Lord are like the drive to the nursery, there are varying speeds and small towns and railroad tracks and hairpin turns and yet You will cause our paths to be smooth. O, Lord our final destination is Heaven but we still have so much to do here on earth. Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit. May these dear and precious sisters-in-Christ bear much fruit and righteousness spring up with it. In Jesus Name, Amen. Enjoy the journey,

LyndiaSue