Primrose: common and sweetheart

“The soul that has given himself to Christ is more precious in His sight than the whole world. The Saviour would have passed through the agony of Calvary that one might be saved in His kingdom. He will never abandon one for whom he has died. Unless His followers choose to leave Him, He will hold them fast.”

Desire of Ages p 483 (This is from one of the books my dad sold so many of in Johannesburg.)

“Fear not for I (Jesus) am with you . I am he that liveth and was dead ; and, behold, I am alive forevermore.”

Revelations 1:18

Primrose the dainty lemon kind grow literally everywhere shade or sun. They are tough little perennials. Their name means first rose while their other name Primula Vulgaris means diminutive and common. As someone once said ‘ it smells like summer ; cool but sunny, sweet but slightly tangy like an orange lollipop.’

A flower’s appeal is in its contradictions –

so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance

so small in size but big in beauty,

so short in life yet long on effect.

Terri Guillemets

Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest of roots.

Shannon Mullen