Time's Wise, Worthwhile and Most Beautiful Redemption

- Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,redeeming the time, because the days are evil. A wet garden stroll this morningwith coffee and camera in hand (naturally 😊) Larkspur Sunflower rain-bent geranium Daylily Hosta Dipladenia Petunia Hollyhock Honeysuckle Can there be a wiser wayTo redeem time’s hoursThan to spend a summer’s dayCommuning with flow’rs Than for half an afternoonStop to smell the rosesAwed at petal-poem boonOnly God composes Than to gaze at Queen Ann’s laceStudying its stitchesThan to reverently traceDetail that bewitches Than be sweetly stunned to findMyriad masterpiecesThen, be more worship inclinedAs wonder increases Can there be a better wayTo relieve love’s dutyThan to pause, a summer’s dayIn God-gardened beauty Can there be a purer laudThan in bloom bent bow'rThan to grasp a glimpse of GodSmiling in each flower Sh-h-h! Can you hear wisdom wooGloriously granted?To be like a flower tooAnd bloom where we're planted © Janet Martin