This post has a prophecy from about 663 BC, a mended vase and three plants from the garden.
Nahum was the prophet and his burden was to foretell the divine destruction of Nineveh, the same city Jonah preached repentance to and all were saved. This time it was very different Nineveh was captured in 612 BC.
These were the words that described the Power of God to punish.
‘ God is jealous, and the LORD revenges, the LORD is furious. He has wrath for his enemies.’
Why?
Nineveh ‘s measure of pride, cruelty and idolatry placing gods equal to the Creator God had to stop.
Nahum continues: ‘ Who can stand before His indignation? Who can stay in the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him…
What do you imagine against the LORD? He will make a total end:
Then Nahum says this:
Affliction shall not rise up a second time.
There seems to be more…an indication that God is the same now as then.
There are also two very different things God tells Nahum:
‘The LORD is slow to anger…
And
‘The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and He knows them that trust Him.’
Trust is relationship.
This warning given by Nahum from God is important to read.
Now for the mended vase. I have used this Beswick vase in past posts but unfortunately a ball toppled it and broke the whole into three. I painted the mend with yellow, an obvious repair.
The plants are all interesting.
The lamb’s ear is thriving. I cut all the flower spears off in July to help the plant cope with the heat. I have now potted small plants to put more in the rest of the garden.
The day lilies looked dreadful at the end of July beginning of August but now with rain they are strengthening their roots with new green growth to ensure a good display of blooms in summer.
The lavender was cut earlier and now even has a few purple heads.
All three in a mended vase. I will take these out soon and put them in water. I don’t think this lovely vase holds water any more.
Here are two thoughts, a this or that:
Trust is like a vase… once it is broken through you can fix it, the vase will never be the same again.
Walter Inglis Anderson
Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry forgranted when it was whole.
Derek Walcott
Take care,
Sandy 🙂