"Winter Greens"
I go out into the Garden
And Peer Deep into the ground
Tiny winter greens are growing
 in the freezing weather outside
I admire the winter greens' tenacity
I admire the way they grow
In spite of hardship and suffering,
They Grow

"God's Acts of Hope"
I sit in the garden with JEsus
It is a cold windy day
It is the beginning of March
Suddenly a winged maple seed
flies up and lands into my planter
I look around.  There are many others
laying in the soil of the planters
I water the garden, and push the seeds
deeper into the wet soil, with the
Hope that they might grow
Miracles like these, daily acts of hope
God sows in the earth, his garden,
and so often we fail to notice
these small but significant
acts of God in prayer, God's
Simple, small, yet monumental
Acts of Hope.
In Jesus' Name,
Amen.