presents from God

It's no secret that God and I are in a 'getting to know you' stage.   He's been pretty tough on me and in return, I decided to ignore him.  Kind of like when a teenage couple breaks up, or gets mad at each other.  But I have opened my heart and decided to see what He has to offer, and what He would like from me.  I'm noticing He has LOTS to say, all the time....I just have to be willing to see and hear it.  I was looking around my backyard and noticed that he's been leaving me gifts. 

I have a very sunny spot in my backyard, and He thought I should have sunflowers there.

ignore the weeds, God does

Then He thought of even putting one sunflower in a pot for me! 

Then I was waaaayy in the backyard, and He thought black-eyed susans would look really nice behind the dog house, and He was right!

So I kept looking around for more presents, and found this doozy growing in a large wooden half barrel.

 I wandered around to the front yard, and found some extra special things growing, so I dug one of them up and potted it.  It looks really pretty on my porch.

And I went back to where I found that gem, and found even MORE.

 

and more....

I'm pretty tickled at my presents.  I'm also pretty tickled with God.