The Way It Goes...

gardening always drives home

the raw reality

of the circle of life...

The way it goes

Each perfect rose

Succumbs to time’s incumbent must

And all that breathes

Surely bequeaths

Its tallied timbre to the dust

Then, toss thy head

But don’t forget

Each lilting leaf will fade and fall

And rise and shine

But keep in mind

The Lord and Master of it all

This circle of

Life’s learn-laugh-love

by strength’s reason might grant four-score

But that last breath

Ushers in death

How utter then, forevermore

© Janet Martin

Psalm 103:14-16

 14 For He Himself knows our frame;
            He is mindful that we are but dust.

      15As for man, his days are like grass;
            As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

      16When the wind has passed over it, it is no more,
            And its place acknowledges it no longer.

to stop reading here sounds rather futile, doesn't it?!
THIS is verse 17&18
 But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting
on those who fear Him,
            And His righteousness to children’s children,
      18To those who keep His covenant
            And remember His precepts to do them.
...and verse 13?
 Just as a father has compassion on his children,
            So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.