Caring for the Fallen

Caring for the Fallen 

I was given  a hanging basket of mixed million bells and petunias.  I took the hanger part of it off and sat it inside a stand.  The stand was blown over during a storm and the basket of flowers  fell to the ground.  The flower was damaged in the fall, many flower limbs broke off  and it was not the perfect beauty  it once was.  I picked up all the pieces and I put the stand back into place.  I returned the basket of flowers to the stand, arranged the flowers a bit and watered it.  A few days later somehow the stand and the flower basket fell again.  It caused even more damage to the flower.  I was disappointed that the flower had been damaged so much.   I put the stand back into place, did some things to secure the stand and put the basket of flowers inside of it.  I watered the flowers and straightened out the flower branches as best I could.  The stand somehow fell at least two or three other times during the week,  but  I finally found a way to secure it so it wouldn't fall again.  I thought my flower basket of flowers would never recover from the many damaging things that had happened to it.  The remarkable thing about this basket of flowers is that after a while , it did recover and is as beautiful as it was the day that I received it.  I think it is even more beautiful  than it was when it was new.  I was very careful to take care of my basket of flowers even though it had lost its original beauty.  I did not give up on it when it had gone through shock and change.   I enjoy it more, I think because,  I watched it survive and become even more beautiful than some of my other flower baskets  that had never fallen. 

     I'm so glad that God doesn't give up on us and also for the people who don't give up on us in life.

The people who love us no matter what.  We all mess up sometimes and fall short in some way.

Sometimes things are hard in life  but God will use those thing to make us more usable

and more like Him.

Susan Y Nikitenko

August 6th, 2017

 Proverbs 24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

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Autumn's Song Is The Harvest Song

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 Autumn's Song Is The Harvest Song

The garden leaves fall to the ground:

My face looks up while they fall down.

Without making one single sound;

Like flowers they lay all around.

Leaves whisking here and whipping there;

While Autumn winds sing Autumn's  song.

God's creatures they must sing along;

While they're gathering all day long.

The Summer  flowers are faded now;

The gardens need much love and care.

Winter knocks at the door of fall;

"Gather the Harvest!  Gather it All!"

Autumn's song is the harvest song;

Can you hear the warning winds?

Calling now for you to repent:

Before the Autumn season ends.

Jesus is coming to gather;

He calls to the wandering ones.

The winds of harvest are changing

The will of the Father be done.

O come reap the harvest of hope;

A bountiful harvest of love.

Jesus our Saviors is coming;

To take us to our home above.

"Gather the harvest Lord, gather it all;"

The trumpet of heaven leads this call.

The leaves are falling, heavens  calling;

"Gather the harvest , gather it all."

We've worked, we've sown and we've grown;

The garden is ready to glean.

And now winter cries out,  Prepare!

Jesus is very, very near.

Jesus is very, very near.

Winter cries out,  Prepare!

By Susan y Nikitenko

September 12th, 2011

 I Thessalonians  4:17

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

 Matthew 24:36

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

 Mark 13:32

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

Revelation 22:12 

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

Poetry And Other Materials On This Site Can Be Freely Used For Christian Bible Centered Non-Profit Ministries, But Must Remain Unchanged In Any Way. All Other Purposes Are With Permission Only. You May Make Requests At "susannikitenko@gmail.com" All My Poem And Stories Are Both Real And Fictional Designed To Illustrate A Biblical Truth. All Rights Reserved. Please Include Site Name And Link Back To This Blog. Thank-You. Images are not all Christian, but put here for the purposes of doing good works of faith, family and country