Scent of Water

The Scent of Water

Spring’s Renewal: The Awakening Abundance

“For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again..through the scent of water it will bud.”. Job 14:7

I love the desert in Spring with its many different textures of green and bright dots of color. The sprinklings of yellow and purple with surprises of orange scattered among the delicate velvet of the cattail grass. The light green, almost white, of the prickly thinness of the aloe vera is nearly eclipsed, in turn, by the cottony explosions of red branched, white leaved softness. A flourishing Palo Verde tree sprouts randomly in the midst, like an English Governess tending her charges, arms outstretched, welcoming and watchful. I turn with delight to see my contrasting red furred pups frolicking excitedly as they bound and pop amidst the joy of this familiar yet reimagined landscape.

The earthy sweetness rises up to greet the fresh washed smell of the desert as it embraces me. I breathe in the scent of this water and am touched to awe by the promise of the awakening abundance to come.

“She said something about sailing out on living water. It was herself that she meant.” Scent of Water by E. Goudge