Grace at Home, Violets, Love, and Easter!!!

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I was looking up the meaning of these violets and I was really taken aback by what I read

"A purple violet would symbolize that the giver's “thoughts were occupied with love” about the recipient."And I immediately thought of how these first harbingers of spring is God's special gift to us to being us out of the doldrums of winter and give us hope for brighter days... but there is so much more in that promise. For even as the Creator spoke his violets into being upon the earth, He set their order to coincide with His most passionate, tumultuous event in history.. 

The death and Resurrection of His own beloved 

son, Jesus Christ.. Who, although he knew no sin, offered his life as atonement or appeasement for the sins of the world.

How can a sweet tiny violet stand for such a violent act, an atrocity.. a death of the cross was torturous and cruel. Yet, John 3:16 states," For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him, Christ Jesus, should not perish, but have everlasting life. "

What great love , that God would send His son to come to earth to die that we may live..God's plan was unfolding throughout the ages , since Adam gave over the authority given him in the garden to the great deceiver. Death came into the world and would only be overthrown by the greatest gift God could bestow, the gift of Salvation, by the greatest Sacrifice, the spilling of innocent blood of His precious Son. 

The Bible says, "If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved." Romans 10:9-10.

The Bible is an awesome book of Truth and Love and presents the most important thoughts man can ever begin to think and adhere to..

It proposes the most important decision a man, woman, boy or girl can ever make... to deny theirself and their own way of futility and take up Christ's cross and follow Him... For the burden of the unrepentant man is heavy, but Christ's burden is light..Because His Way is smooth and and straight while unrepentant man's is crooked and leads to death. If you haven't considered this life changing path, now is the perfect time to begin again to ponder it and make that decision! We are not guaranteed a tomorrow!

In my exuberance for this spiritually rich season, I have been captivated by the glory of Spring's bounty.. the colors and fragrances of springtime flowers!

The sweet aromatics of spring have permeated our downstairs and it is a solace for the soul!