THE VICT’RY WREATH
Let go thy worries, wretchéd thing,
And let His grace abounding, ring.
Let songs of gladness fill thy heart,
When turn ye to what grace imparts.
He takes them all upon that tree,
Whereto they nailed—stay’d shall be.
Take not them down, nor cry aloud,
But bow thy head in sacred shroud:
See—the Holy One—‘tis He!
Drop thy form and bend thy knee.
Christ, the burden-bearer strong,
Gives easy yoke, and joyful song.
Take Him, do, and now be glad,
For ‘round thy shaméd head He clads,
A vic’try wreath of blooming rose;
A crown of splendor doth repose:
‘Cause of thy sorrows, Christ, He knows:
Indeed, He wash’d thee white as snow.
The featured image is titled “Autumn Rose & Bee” and is (c) Lancia E. Smith. It is used here with glad permission for Cultivating and The Cultivating Project.
A founding member of The Cultivating Project, Christina has been fascinated by beauty her whole life. Color, texture, pattern, fragrance, melody, light – all of the boundless ways in which creation shines – ignites her imagination, compelling her to create. Even as a wee sprite, Christina was dedicated to wordsmithing and sketching her way through its marvels in an attempt to capture, at least partially, the imprint of the Creator within it. But writing and drawing are not her only creative endeavors; several years ago she took on the laborious (but rewarding) task of nurturing a garden in the dismal soils of the Rocky Mountain foothills, and has eagerly employed her spade (alongside her pen) as a tool to cultivate and curate the beauty around her.
She has two little gardeners-in-training who embody all these marvels and more in their merry little faces. She and her husband Brian are the founders of the Anselm Society based in Colorado Springs, whose mission and calling is a renaissance of the Christian Imagination. She serves as the Director of the Anselm Society Arts Guild and her creative work can be found at LiveBeautiful.today and on Instagram.
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