Spring

We can tell that spring is here by the way the birds are singing, and the fresh aroma the air has, everything is happy and gay. In the morning, when you walk out to your porch with a cup of tea in your hand, you see the smiling face of the sun welcoming you to a, yet again, beautiful morning God has given you. As you sit down on the old brown rocking chair, your grandmother once used, you pick up a black leather-bound book that ways laying at your side. The precious book you have lived on. Having read it when you were sad, happy, troubled, stressed, and every occasion, to find peace and guidance. As you flip through the weightless pages you turn to Genesis 2:15 "And the Lord God took man, and put him in the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it".
When you finish the verse you look at the garden which has just awakened from its long winter nap, you think of last years crop. The excitement of watching the little green stems pop out of the ground, as the weeks go by you see little flowers sprouting from the stems. Watering it, you wait for these little plants to give you their appetizing gifts. As the months go by you eat the fruit and vegetables but not without working for it. Planning a fight, the weeds grow relentlessly, no matter what you do, those little weapons sprout up as fast as you defeat one. Yes, it's an on going battle. After the fall of man God says to Adam "...Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return." Genesis 3:17-19.
We can expect hard work when growing a garden, but at the end of the season, as you harvest all the fruit, vegetables, and flowers, you have a feeling of accomplishment. As you start canning, you remember all those months ahead which will be cold and dark. But you can bring out a can of spring, summer and fall to think of next year and what that garden Gad has given you will provide!

This is a story I wrote for Friendship News. If there are any changes that are necessary please tell me! THANKS!