A lesson struck close to home this week. I noticed that the apricot trees were blooming. They are so beautiful! But the weather has been lingering cold and windy. There isn't much of a chance that the tree will bring us any fruit at the end of June . . . again! Last year there were around 5 apricots that ripened, when there could have been hundreds, maybe even box fulls of juicy, sweetly sour globes. Few grocery stores sell tree-ripened apricot perfection. If I could just have a bowlful to myself. I was willing to wait a few months until the sun turned them soft, orange, but a wait another whole year? I wasn't sure I could bear it. I was a little upset with the tree, and the weather, and everything. Then the thought, straight from God, and His Word, knifed it's way into my mind, and then on into my heart. "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors, (from the Lord's prayer.) (Pause) I would that ye bear ...