Marilyn's Musings
May 13, 2025
I hope everyone had a Happy Mother’s Day. The weather was beautiful and continued into Monday. I was able to spend time with both my kids and did my usual plant shopping. My husband took me back Monday morning for just a few more plants (little does he know we will be doing that again, just a few more plants). I can’t resist the bright colors and happy feeling being by the plants…. but the planting is another story. I will get it done, slowly, but it will be done and I will enjoy the plants all season.
I had a chance to sit outside on Sunday and Monday and enjoy the blue sky and birds talking. There were a lot of “bird conversations” going on. I am usually either sitting at the computer sending emails or running errands. Just sitting and enjoying the world was so nice for a change. I was emailing a friend this morning and said I was going to be spending a lot of time on my knees doing my planting. There are other things I can do while on my knees in the garden. I remembered how much I just love moving the dirt around and pulling weeds (sorry, weeds, but sometimes you just have to go). It just feels good to be so involved with nature. And, of course, kneeling in the garden is a great place and time to pray. It’s so simple. Just digging and planting a plant is the perfect time to talk to God.
As you can see and know from my past musings, I talk a lot about nature and gardening. I’m not the only one. I found bible verses about gardens that I’d like to share with you. Some may be familiar to you and others might not be.
Amos 9:14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Ecclesiastes 2:5 I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
Genesis 2:8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden, and there he put the man he had formed.
Isaiah 61:11 For as the soil makes sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.
Isaiah 65:21 They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
I have to admit I love the “musings” from God about the gardens He made for us. Let’s enjoy looking at His world whether it be sunny or rainy – it is still beautiful.
Here is a perfect song for today from Louie Armstrong – It is an oldie but beautiful. Think of the words while you sing along and you will feel a few moments of peace.
I did my usual research as I love to find out how a song was written and the feelings the songwriter felt. This is very interesting. It was written by Bob Thiele, using the pseudonym George Douglas who co-wrote the song with George Weiss. Thiele's real name has been used for the composer credits from 1988 onward. Thiele said the following regarding his inspiration for the song: “In the mid-1960s during the deepening national traumas of the Kennedy assassination, Vietnam, racial strife, and turmoil everywhere, my co-writer George David Weiss and I had an idea to write a ‘different’ song specifically for Louis Armstrong that would be called 'What a Wonderful World.” Thiele also produced the original recording of the song, using his real name for the production credit. In Graham Nash's book Off the Record: Songwriters on Songwriting, George Weiss says he wrote the song specifically for Louis Armstrong, as he was inspired by Armstrong's ability to bring together people of different races.
Let’s sing “What A Wonderful World”.
https://youtu.be/VqhCQZaH4Vs?si=DZqcA2mXSzgo6po2
Preview YouTube video Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
