Finally....the life of a nectarine tree...

Finally....life in a nectarine...

Temporary housing with water...

Moved through the wind...

Planted ...

watered....

Leaf loss...

Winter winds...

Snow...

freezing weather...

Spring showers...

Blooming...

Bees...

Watered...

Fruiting...

Leafing ....

Nurtured...

Watched daily through the winter, spring and summer...

Harvest....

Sweet, run-down-the-arm juicy fruit...

Perfection...

And God makes all that happen...

I finally can pick a peach or nectarine to eat...so juicy I have to eat it over the sink...delicious...

Looking at that list of events in the life a nectarine tree...I see parallels in life...

The winds of adversity, growth through the hard times...

God’s nurture and care, seasons  of life...

til the perfect comes...

Times for rest...

Seasons...

harvest ...

others watching  that grow along the way...

times of waiting...

others helping...

blossoming...

fruitfulness...

fulfillment of purpose...

thankfulness...

Thank YOU...

You make pictures in nature for all to see...You...your care...

I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.

Leviticus 26:4 

then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil.

Deuteronomy 11:14

That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.

Psalm 1:3 

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

Ecclesiastes 3:1

.....’Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives autumn and spring rains in season, who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’

Jeremiah 5:24b

Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”

Acts 14:17