My neighbor’s tulip tree across the street is putting out buds on this mild-mannered Monday. Soon it’ll blossom. That’s the only tree I know that puts out the lavender and white flowers before it puts out any leaves. As I’ve mentioned, robins are back (far too early because a lot of them will starve if we have more snow and ice) and everywhere I look, squirrels are frolicking and having a high old time.
All this is quite nice but I think it is a false spring. This is, after all, only February and we’ve had some of our deepest snows in March.
This is the week for the cozy critique and it’ll be nice to meet with the Critters and see what each one is doing. They are an encouraging group, an enthusiastic and gifted group, and always share their latest literary offerings. The date for Nancy’s launch of The Grace Impact is fast approaching and we are always interested to hear her updates.
Here’s a question for the day: when you are gone from this earthly life, how will folks remember you? Yesterday as I sat in my back yard, the children’s playset in a prominent place, I thought of a neighbor I once had named Robbie. Robbie put together the swings, the slide, the wood stand. Every day after work, he would come with his tools and work in the heat of summer. He would not accept any pay and he cheerfully and gladly performed this task. Robbie and his wife moved from my neighborhood quite some time ago but when I look at the play set, I’ll always remember a cheerful young man. “Are you a Christian?” Robbie asked me. “Yes,” I answered. “Then we’re family,” Robbie said, “and I am bound to help you.”
So I ask myself, what will people remember after my allotted time is done? It is a sobering question. I hope the memories will be positive. I hope I will have made the world a little bit better in some small way. It’s something to consider.
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I have never heard of a tulip tree! It sounds beautiful. Many years ago, my mother who always believed she would be in heaven with Jesus, said she read 2 Peter 3 (can’t remember the verse offhand) where it speaks of a new heaven and a new earth where righteousness is to dwell, and she said after that she thought she would love to live on a beautiful new earth! I’m sure her prayers will be answered too.
That’s a wonderful thought, Sharon. I’ve often thought of Etta Bend, my mom’s home place as a renewed bit of Heaven. And Ireland. But how great to think of a new earth.