Sorry this was a bit late being posted.  Technical difficulties!

Welcome Spring

For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness   and praise spring up before all nations

Song:
Sweet Jesus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6gPrD2R6O0

Hymn writers have been moved by scripture to create beautiful hymns. Many years ago my parents turned the grounds around their house in to a Biblical garden and opened it to the public, and to Church groups. They were part of a local horticultural gardening club linked to the R. H. S. The money they raised by donations went to the Bible Society. My late father had printed a guide with scripture to lead them around the trees, flowers, and plants. They were taking bookings all summer long.

The British and Foreign Bible Society, often known in England and Wales as simply the Bible Society, is a non-denominational Christian organisation with charity status whose purpose is to make Gods Word available throughout the world. Founded by William Wilberforce.

The purpose is to   distribute, translate, advocate, literacy , engagement, and production of Holy Bibles.

William Wilberforce, born 24 August 1759 and died 29 July 1833, was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming an independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Yorkshire (1784–1812).

I felt inspired by the lovely warm weather we are having and the new spring flowers growing, The birds and building nests and to know all this was created by God. How much we have taken all this for granted year upon year. But with the Covid 19 Virus and the way it quickly spread, has slowed the world down, It has given us time to think, to help our neighbours, it has given us time to value life. And time to ponder the foolish things we have done. A hymn came to my mind. Dear lord and Father of mankind forgive our foolish ways.

Dear lord and Father of mankind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y47vEE1zbDE

Psalm 103. The Living bible

  I bless the holy name of God with all my heart.  Yes, I will bless the Lord and not forget the glorious things he does for me.

 He forgives all my sins. He heals me.  He ransoms me from hell. He surrounds me with loving-kindness and tender mercies.  He fills my life with good things! My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!  He gives justice to all who are treated unfairly. 7He revealed his will and nature to Moses and the people of Israel.  He is merciful and tender toward those who don’t deserve it; he is slow to get angry and full of kindness and love.  He never bears a grudge, nor remains angry forever. 

 He has not punished us as we deserve for all our sins,  for his mercy toward those who fear and honour him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.  He has removed our sins as far away from us as the east is from the west.  He is like a father to us, tender and sympathetic to those who reverence him.  For he knows we are but dust  and that our days are few and brief, like grass, like flowers,  blown by the wind and gone forever.  But the loving-kindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting to those who reverence him; his salvation is to children’s children of those who are faithful to his covenant and remember to obey him! The Lord has made the heavens his throne; from there he rules over everything there is.  Bless the Lord, you mighty angels of his who carry out his orders, listening for each of his commands. Yes, bless the Lord, you armies of his angels who serve him constantly.  Let everything everywhere bless the Lord. And how I bless him too!

Isaiah 40:8 

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

While you listen to the link below Take time, thank God for all the things we have taken for granted. The fact that we can hear and smell the beauty around us. Help us to cherish the use of our senses give thanks to God with a loving heart for he first loved us and this love will never cease. For He created us in his own image. Also Ask God to forgive any guilt that you have carried with you for too long, as him to heal you and bring you His peace

The gentle breeze (You may listen and watch while you pray.) stop this when you are ready.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-1Ug5tCA6I

Jesus cleansed/washed us from our sins, metaphorically speaking.

Hyssop has healing and cleansing proprieties and was used used through out history and still is today

Come and sprinkle me with hyssop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThETOzmkTs

Psalm 51:7  Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

HYSSOP

Luke 12 : 22 – 31 Do Not Worry

22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life ? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

27 “Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. 28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith! 29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

The lily of the valley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS6KMx_0NDQ

Seek ye first the kingdom of God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFxZeY2D5tc

This week ask of God what he wants you to do. Seek His guidance.

Praise His righteousness ask Him to be close to you. His kingdom is at hand, He will never fail you, Do not look for the wealth of this world you can not take with you when you die. James 1:9-11 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

The psalmist wrote As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. Gods love is the richest treasure that you can have. Look at the beauty around you, it is His creation. You can not buy the air, the Granger of mountaintops. The power of the rivers or the sounds of nature these are Gods free gifts. So it is good to give Him thanks, even the trees wave there branches and clap their hands.

Isaiah 55 the message

1-5 “Hey there! All who are thirsty, come to the water! Are you penniless? Come anyway—buy and eat! Come, buy your drinks, buy wine and milk. Buy without money—everything’s free! Why do you spend your money on junk food,  your hard-earned cash on cotton candy? Listen to me, listen well: Eat only the best,  fill yourself with only the finest. Pay attention, come close now,  listen carefully to my life-giving, life-nourishing words. I’m making a lasting covenant commitment with you,    the same that I made with David: sure, solid, enduring love. I set him up as a witness to the nations,  made him a prince and leader of the nations, And now I’m doing it to you:  You’ll summon nations you’ve never heard of, and nations who’ve never heard of you will come running to you Because of me, your God,   because The Holy of Israel has honoured you.” 6-7 Seek God while he’s here to be found, pray to him while he’s close at hand. Let the wicked abandon their way of life  and the evil their way of thinking. Let them come back to God, who is merciful,  come back to our God, who is lavish with forgiveness. 8-11 “I don’t think the way you think. The way you work isn’t the way I work.”
 God’s Decree.“For as the sky soars high above earth,  so the way I work surpasses the way you work, and the way I think is beyond the way you think. Just as rain and snow descend from the skies  and don’t go back until they’ve watered the earth, Doing their work of making things grow and blossom,  producing seed for farmers and food for the hungry, So will the words that come out of my mouth  not come back empty-handed. They’ll do the work I sent them to do, they’ll complete the assignment I gave them 12-13 “So you’ll go out in joy, you’ll be led into a whole and complete life. The mountains and hills will lead the parade,  bursting with song. All the trees of the forest will join the procession,  exuberant with applause. No more thistles, but giant sequoias,   no more thorn bushes, but stately pines—Monuments to me, to God,  living and lasting evidence of God.”

You shall go out with Joy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unWnWSgoSt0

May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
God Bless Susannah V