Friday, April 25, 2014

A Lovely Flower

To grow a lovely flower
First you must prepare the soil.
Digging, weeding, fertilizing
Is quite a lot of toil.

Then once you plant or sow your seed
You water and you weed some more.
The tending of your garden
Can become a tedious chore.

But when your flower starts to bloom
And with fragrance fills the air,
Your labors bring you sweet reward
Of loveliness extraordinaire.

So it is in all we do.
Our preparation may not show.
But as we labor faithfully,
From our experience we will grow.

“The hand of the diligent maketh rich.”
Proverbs 10:4 KJV

© 2013 Arlene Schwartzkopf