Reflections on April Rain

Wow! Did you hear the rain last night! If you live in the New York City region you could not miss it. The thunder and lightning was magical and I stayed up until the early hours of the morning enjoying the sounds and reflecting: “April showers bring May flowers” and what does this really mean to the herbalist? Thunder recharges the Earth by bringing more nitrogen to the atmosphere and as a result we see a turbo boost in plant growth.  God’s Earth demonstrates the power of birth, resurrection, and new life and it is visible to us even in our City with the popping up of flower buds on trees and dandelions through the cracks of the sidewalks. What herbs have you noticed popping up lately in your neighborhood? These new plants are waiting to serve us and be noticed.

                               “These all wait for You, that You may give them their food in due season. 
                            What You give them, they gather in, You open Your hand, they are filled with good.”
                                                                                                         Psalm 104:27, 28
                                                                                                            (NKJ Version)

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