Spring Around Town

Oh the loveliness of spring has arrived! 

I took a little walk around town this past weekend, 

Come with me and see

The pretty sights I saw!

No matter how long the winter,

Spring is sure to follow! 

If we had no winter... 

Spring would not be so pleasant... 

Nature does not hurry... 

and yet everything is accomplished. 

Earth laughs... 

in flowers! 

There are so many beautiful reasons to be happy! 

You know spring is here 

when tulips have arrived!

Let your joy burst forth 

Like flowers in the spring! 

Some old fashioned things like 

fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.  

~ Laura Ingalls Wilder ~

God's touch ... 

lights the world with color 

and renews our heart with life. 

~ Janet L. Smith ~

Is there any prettier sight to see

Than tulips waving in the breeze? 

The heavens declare the glory of God

and the firmament shows his handiwork. 

Psalms 19:1

The miracles of nature do not seem miracles 

because they are so common

If no one had ever seen a flower

even a dandelion would be 

the most startling event in the world. 

~ L. B. Cowman ~

Jesus Christ opens wide the doors 

of the treasure chest of God's promises

and bids us go in and 

take with boldness

the riches that are ours. 

~ Corrie Ten Boom ~

If we are children of God, 

we have a tremendous treasure in nature

and will realize that it is holy and sacred. 

We will see God reaching out to us

in every wind that blows

every sunrise and sunset

every cloud in the sky

every flower that blooms,

and every leaf that fades. 

~ Oswald Chambers ~

The longer I live

the more my mind dwells upon

the beauty

and the wonder 

of the world. 

~ John Burroughs ~

God is the sunshine that warms us,

the rain that melts the frost

and waters the young plants. 

The presence of God

is a climate of strong and bracing love, 

always there. 

~ Joan Arnold ~

There's not a tint that paints the rose

or decks the lily fair

Or marks the humblest flower that grows

But God has placed it there...

There's not a place on earth's vast round,

In oceans deep or air,

Where love and beauty are not found, 

For God is everywhere. 

~ Unknown ~

When I look at the galaxies on a clear night - 

when I look at the incredible brilliance of creation

and think that this is what God is like, then

instead of feeling intimidated and diminished by it,

I am enlarged - 

I rejoice that I am a part of it. 

~ Madeleine L'Engle ~

This is my Father's world

He shines in all that's fair.

In the rustling grass I hear Him pass;

He speaks to me everywhere. 

 ~ Maltbie D. Babcock ~

In the beginning 

God created the heavens...

and the earth...

God saw that all he had made...

and it was very good. 

Genesis 1:1, 31

How beautiful it is to be alive

To wake each morn as if the Maker's grace

Did us afresh from nothingness derive,

That we might sing - 

How beautiful it is to be alive! 

 ~ Henry Septimus Sutton ~

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I hope that you enjoyed 

this little tour of spring around town... 

and that the quotes along the way 

served to brighten up your day!