{"id":322129,"date":"2025-11-27T21:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T21:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/take-heartyour-labor-in-the-lord-is-not-in-vain\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T21:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T21:03:20","slug":"take-heartyour-labor-in-the-lord-is-not-in-vain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=322129","title":{"rendered":"Take Heart\u2026Your Labor in the Lord Is Not in Vain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Several summers ago, I was gardening wildflowers. It was therapeutic \u2014 weeding and watering the cosmos, blanket flowers, cornflowers, and other delicate beauties that graced the yard. They brought me more happiness than I could articulate. (This is probably largely due to the fact that I\u2019m not a gardener-type at all, and plants that survive me are a mini miracle.)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When mid-August ushered in the beginning of the end of the growing season, I grew so depressed that I refused to work in the garden anymore. (A super mature response, of course.) At the time, it felt like that tiny piece of heaven-sent goodness was coming to a screeching halt, and I just couldn\u2019t bear to watch it all end.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Then I stumbled upon the art of flower hammering.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flower hammering literally involves hammering a flower, often between two pieces of paper. When pounded or hammered, the flowers leave an imprint. It\u2019s so easy a kid can do it . . . but it\u2019s so complex and satisfying that adults write books about the art.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a great stress reliever if you want to make art and use a hammer. But, for the flower, it is a painful kind of art. After you hammer a flower, its petals are reduced to slop and have to be scraped off and chucked, thrown away. So why would any kind and loving person pick exquisite blooms and obliterate the life out of them?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/incourage.me\/?p=234226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">To finish reading this post, click here and join me today at Incourage.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/incourage.me\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign up here<\/a> to receive free daily notes from (in)courage, sent right to your inbox!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/lookupsometimes.com\/take-heart-your-labor-in-the-lord-is-not-in-vain\/\">Take Heart&#8230;Your Labor in the Lord Is Not in Vain<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/lookupsometimes.com\">Look Up Sometimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several summers ago, I was gardening wildflowers. 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