Shortgrass said:
Outside our kitchen window, Janice has planted a bed of flowers. In the spring of the year, her Tulips bloom in a variety of colors. They are bright and beautiful right now. In a few short weeks, they will be but a memory. They are beautiful, yes, but very temporary. So it is with our very lives. Scripture tells us that man is as the flower. Our lives may be productive, but we will fade and be a memory. The word of God will stand forever. Only what we do for God will be of any lasting value. It is profitable for me to occasionally access my priorities. Are the big things in my life really the important things? Have yourselves a good Sunday Mornin’, and a good rest of the week too.
If there are any tulips out in this country, they would have blue lips this morning. The temperature is 22 degrees, the ground is white with a light covering of snow, and the breeze is blowing at least ten miles per hour. The one calf born during the night is shivering, but hopefully won't have to go into the hot-box. His mother was not acting very motherly in licking him off, so I "cheated" and put some O-No-Mo powder on the calf's back. Now she is licking and liking him. This should get his blood circulating and whet his appetite.
As you say, Shortgrass, everything is so temporary. Your blooming tulips are only here for a brief period of time. Even our wintery weather of the moment is only temporary, and spring will be just around the corner. Before we know it, hot summer will be here and it will be time to put up hay. Then comes cattle working time in the fall, and real winter will be upon us again. The seasons come and the seasons go. Our youthfulness will soon run out, and we will become "mature" adults. :wink: As my old high school teacher used to say, "Time is, man moves on."
Nothing lasts forever but the eternal Word of God. If our hearts are right with Him, and we accept Jesus as our Savior, nothing else matters.
