Tagged: 1 Peter 4:8

  • What Grows Among the Rubbish

    Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.  1 Peter 4:8 The cluster of purple wild asters greeted me like a bouquet held out in the hands of a child. I paused my walk home and crouched down to take a closer look. Perfectly formed, delicate petals opened to reveal small yellow centers. They were a work of art. A pleasant focus at the end of a long, sweltering workday in the high heat of summer. But as I rose to continue my journey, I noticed that clutched along the edge of the bouquet was a pile of trash. Someone had discarded used tissues on the ground, and from the look of it, the flowers had pushed the rubbish… Read More