Laura E. Sumpter

Encouragement for Your Heart and Inspiration at the Garden Gate

I have always had a magical draw toward the beautiful.

As a child you could find me spending hours sitting in the green grass outside my back door making daisy chains and dandelion wishes. Color, shape, texture, you name it…I loved it. If it grew I wanted to know how and why.

This curiosity continued as I grew and ventured out on my own. My first apartments were often surrounded with flowers on the porches and houseplants in the windows.

There was a beauty and a quietness in these simple plants as I tried to find my way and walk into adulthood. They gave me a focus and something to nurture.

Married and three kids later, those fun little flower plots have blossomed into flower beds and a garden. But I always keep a few pots on my porch to remind me where I have been and visually display the continued faithfulness of God.

If you are like me, you are in longing to find a place that brings rest and encouragement in the middle of the busy and crazy places.

Life can be beautiful, gracious, and the very fabric of what makes us who we are. 

We have a calling on our lives and we want to do it well, but life can be messy and hard.

I am convinced that our experiences tell our story.  Our inspiration and dreams shape us. 

The lessons we learn teach us so that we may teach others.

So, allow yourself a few minutes to rest in the promises He brings and the joy that comes from knowing Him.

Because He walks beside us, we are never alone. You are loved and so very precious.

Come with me as we experience Him together!!

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