Song of Songs 2:11-12: “See! The winter is past; …. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, ….”
“Follow the Leader”
The flowers in my garden do not look to me for life.
They look to the sun.
From me they receive only occasional attention;
But from the sun they draw constant, day-long life.
So, every morning their small, bright faces unfold and
Look toward the East, where he first appears.
All day they follow his progress across the heavens
So far above them,
Paying no attention to any and all distractions
At their own level.
At evening, when he disappears, they close up trustfully
to await his arrival upon another day.
And there is always another day.
I wish I could learn to look to my Sun as faithfully.
WSK
Psalm 84:11: “For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless.”
Isaiah 40:8: “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of our God endures forever.”