Japanese barberry

John was on the island of Patmos, and in vision, he heard a great voice coming out of heaven, and this is what it said:

Look, the temple of God is with men , God has come to live on planet Earth with His people. We belong to each other. And God will stand close enough to wipe away our tears because there isn’t going to be the following:

death,

crying,

sorrow,

pain,

All gone!

Revelation 21 : 3,4( Sandy has made these verses her own. Read the chapter it is reassuring.)

The last time I used the Barberry, it wasn’t so flush with tearshaped fruit and green round tipped leaves turning red. All these finely covered stalks hide thorns, so use gloves.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortune the greater is their power to harm us.

Voltaire

‘The person ‘ (He) that sows thorns should never go barefoot.

Benjamin Franklin

“Problems are only opportunities with thorns on then. ” I wonder whoever said that?

Some quotes about teardrops. I will start with one from Mary Queen of Scots. She must have been smitten by someone as this is rather special:

If I could be anything in the world, I would want to be a teardrop because I would be born in your eyes , live on your cheeks, and die on your lips.

Mary Queen of Scotts

There is sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness but of power.

Washington Irving

Then here is one I particularly like.

A teardrop on earth summons the King of Heaven.

Charles R Swindoll

The flattend green vase with Japanese barberry stalks .

Thank you for all your kindness.

Sandy 🙂