In those beautiful days of spring and summer, James would lead his daughter to a little arbour from whence could be heard the morning song of the feathered tribes, and from whence could be seen the whole of the garden, enamelled with flowers and sparkling with dew –
– the range of vision taking in the rich and lovely country shining in the rays of the rising sun. Here he taught his beloved child, and prayed with her, and here he found text for his lessons in every surrounding object.
Pointing tho the bright rays of the early sun, he spoke to her of the Son of Righteousness; he explained to her the darkness of her heart by nature, and the Source of light and life; he pointed out the lessons taught in Scripture from the rain and from the dew;
he taught her to listen to the praises of God in the morning song of the birds. He endeavoured to teach her to trust in God, who dresses the lilies in their magnificent vestments and feeds the birds, though they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns.
He read with her the parables of the sower and the seed, the wheat and the tares, the small grain of mustard seed, – emblem of the kingdom of heaven, – the barren fig tree and the the vineyard – and the magnificence of abiding in the vine.
He spoke to her of the first garden where man was placed, and of his sad expulsion from it, – of the garden as the emblem of her own soul, given to her to cultivate, and bring forth fruit to God – and of the glorious garden above, to which, in His own good time, God transplants his people……
He explained to her the blessed hope of the resurrection of the body taught to us by the springing of the seed. but above all, he loved to trace the Savior in the various emblems under which He is presented to us in Scripture, as the Root of David, the Branch of Righteousness, the Firstfruits of them that sleep, the Plant of Renown, the Rose of Sharon, the fountain, the Sun, and the Bright and Morning Star.From:
The Basket of Flowers: A Tale for the Young
by Christoph von Schmid
The Basket of Flowers: A Tale for the Young
by Christoph von Schmid
(This is a wonderful book from the late 1700’s/early 1800’s – a tale of trusting God and quietly allowing Him to bring forth your righteousness in the midst of accusation and misjudgement. See Lamplighter Publishing.)
About blogs – I used to have a blogger one a while back, and I even did xanga. Then for a while I didn’t have a blog – I didn’t really feel like I had much to share, or an audience to read. WordPress sorta crept up on me, so I thought I’d try it. At first it was a bit intimidating (there’s much more user control offered) but once I figured it out, I liked it. The themes to choose from are fun, and pretty customizable. Plus, I’m just sort skeptical about google in general, so wordpress just seemed a better option.
There you have it – my spiel about blogs. I think if you switch over, you can import previous blog posts from blogger.