Book of Jeremiah
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Hearts ease flowers are quite lovely and are used for ground cover. While they look delicate they are a hardy little flower! They grow well in zone 3-8 according to the Dept. of U.S. Agriculture plant hardiness scale which means they will bloom through the winter. These little flowers grow about 7 - 10 inches tall, reseed, and are edible. They are known for their medicinal properties. They need 4-5 hours of full sunlight and need to be watered in the winter if it doesn't rain. As I was reading devotions by various authors today I happened to find this one about the Hearts ease flower and decided to look up the history on these flowers. I believe this will be a blessing for many who are wondering about God's purpose for their lives...
May Mrs. Cowman's message bring your hearts ease this morning!
August 15th, 2016
Contentment by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
"Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am in, therewith to be content. Phil. 4:11
Paul, denied of every comfort, wrote the above words in his dungeon. A story is told of a king who went into his garden one morning, and found everything withered and dying.
He asked the oak that stood near the gate what the trouble was. He found it was sick of life and determined to die because it was not tall and beautiful like the pine.
The pine was all out of heart because it could not bear grapes, like the vine. The vine was going to throw its life away because it could not stand erect and have as fine fruit as the peach tree. The geranium was fretting because it was not tall and fragrant like the lilac; and so on all through the garden.
Coming to a heart's-ease, he found its bright face lifted as cheery as ever. "Well, heart's-ease, I'm glad, amidst all this discouragement, to find one brave little flower. You do not seem to be the least disheartened."
"No, I am not of much account, but I thought that if you wanted an oak, or a pine, or a peach tree, or a lilac, you would have planted one; but as I knew you wanted a heart's-ease, I am determined to be the best little heart's-ease that I can."
"Others may do a greater work,
But you have your part to do;
And no one in all God's heritage
Can do it so well as you."
They who are God's without reserve, are in every state content; for they will only what He wills, and desire to do for Him whatever He desires them to do; they strip themselves of everything, and in this nakedness find all things restored an hundredfold.
Philippians Devotionals | Precept Austin
May Mrs. Cowman's message bring your hearts ease this morning!
August 15th, 2016
Contentment by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
"Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am in, therewith to be content. Phil. 4:11
Paul, denied of every comfort, wrote the above words in his dungeon. A story is told of a king who went into his garden one morning, and found everything withered and dying.
He asked the oak that stood near the gate what the trouble was. He found it was sick of life and determined to die because it was not tall and beautiful like the pine.
The pine was all out of heart because it could not bear grapes, like the vine. The vine was going to throw its life away because it could not stand erect and have as fine fruit as the peach tree. The geranium was fretting because it was not tall and fragrant like the lilac; and so on all through the garden.
Coming to a heart's-ease, he found its bright face lifted as cheery as ever. "Well, heart's-ease, I'm glad, amidst all this discouragement, to find one brave little flower. You do not seem to be the least disheartened."
"No, I am not of much account, but I thought that if you wanted an oak, or a pine, or a peach tree, or a lilac, you would have planted one; but as I knew you wanted a heart's-ease, I am determined to be the best little heart's-ease that I can."
"Others may do a greater work,
But you have your part to do;
And no one in all God's heritage
Can do it so well as you."
They who are God's without reserve, are in every state content; for they will only what He wills, and desire to do for Him whatever He desires them to do; they strip themselves of everything, and in this nakedness find all things restored an hundredfold.
Philippians Devotionals | Precept Austin
