Festival of Food

This past weekend was the yearly Strawberry Festival in Plant City. Now I grew up in Plant City, so we go every other year or so to have a good time and celebrate strawberries and other veggies from the garden (but mostly it's about the strawberries)! This particular vendor you see here is obviously celebrating the fact that our county is number one in the state for production of cucumbers - a fact of which I did not know, but find interestingly satisfying.

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Now we didn't just go for the food, though that's usually my favorite part. We also went to see a concert, as they have really great music at the festival every year. We got to see Third Day, which is a really popular contemporary Christian group. It was awesome, yes, remember the cheer : A-W-E-S-O-M-E...Sorry, sitting in the festival stadium has been giving me high school flashbacks!

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So, there is a song Third Day sings that encapsulates my sentiments about nature and the garden. Beautiful lyrics from the song You're Everywhere:

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Like the rain that falls to the earth below

Watering the seed to grow

So it is with Your precious word, O Lord

It won't return until I know that

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You're everywhere

You're everywhere

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Like the wind that blows no one really knows

From where it comes or where it goes

So it is with Your Holy Spirit, Lord

Falling down on us to show that

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(You're everywhere) Like the rain that's falling

(You're everywhere) Like the wind that's blowing

(You're everywhere) Like the sun upon my face

I feel the warmth in Your embrace

You are everywhere

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My Lord, now I truly know

That I could never go from Your presence

My God, Your are everywhere

From the lowest depths to the heavens

You're always there

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(You're everywhere) Like the rain that's falling
(You're everywhere) Like the wind that's blowing
(You're everywhere) Like the sun upon my face
I feel the warmth in Your embrace
You are everywhere