Late-Bloomers and Hardy Hangers-on

Under steely gray sky and damp chill of morning stillness…

Nature waits in suspended animation for winter to set in…

The dying down of color is well underway--the laying down to rest…

After weeks of fog… and snappy days of brilliant sun,  the rains are returning.

But in my gum-boot tromp to see if there are yet any surprises,

I find these hardy hangers-on:

 

In their dying glory, blooming (!)

!

Resisting frost  to render seed for the next generation…

And in the scraggly blackberry hedge, long devoid of fruit, now haven to tiny tittering birds--

there shines this single blossom, determined to fulfill its design however late in the season.

Yes!  That is my desire too ( :

--LS

“The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed…
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently…” Rom.8:19,25

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap,
if we faint not. Gal 6:9

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 1Cor. 15:58

Glory in the Fog

When the world lies in a funk of fog…

it’s good to remember that the sun is shining just above us.

Though our days be walked out in a sightless fog, brightened only by faith’s vision of future glory…

It is good to remember that God’s vision is undimmed, His purposes sure.

 

And all will be well.

Meanwhile we carry on-- faithful in our allotted tasks…

for His glory.

--LS

"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?  Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.” (Mat 24:45-46 ESV)

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face… (1Cr 13:12 KJV)

…we walk by faith, not by sight. (2Cr 5:7 KJV)