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Title
George Washington Carver: The Flower Prophecy
Subject
Near his death Carver reports that to him a flower foretold humankind's spiritual awakening.
Description
Quoting Carver from the book, The Man Who Talks with the Flowers: The Life Story of Dr. George Washington Carver by Glenn Clark, Rutt relates the following:
“All my life I have risen regularly at four o’clock and have gone into the woods and talked with God. There he gives me my orders for the day. After my morning’s talk with God, I go into my laboratory and begin to carry out his wishes.”
Toward the end of his life, he shared an important message he’d received from a little flower.
“It told me there is going to be a great spiritual awakening in the world, and it’s going to come from people connected with you and me, from plain, simple people who know, not merely believe, but actually know God answers prayer. It’s going to arise from men who are going about their work and putting God into what they do, from men who believe in prayer, and want to make God real to mankind.”
“All my life I have risen regularly at four o’clock and have gone into the woods and talked with God. There he gives me my orders for the day. After my morning’s talk with God, I go into my laboratory and begin to carry out his wishes.”
Toward the end of his life, he shared an important message he’d received from a little flower.
“It told me there is going to be a great spiritual awakening in the world, and it’s going to come from people connected with you and me, from plain, simple people who know, not merely believe, but actually know God answers prayer. It’s going to arise from men who are going about their work and putting God into what they do, from men who believe in prayer, and want to make God real to mankind.”
Source
Stephanie Rutts, Concord Monitor, Opinion: The man who talks with the flowers. February 7, 2023.
https://www.concordmonitor.com/My-Turn-George-Washington-Carver-The-Man-Who-Talks-with-the-Flowers-49754866
https://www.concordmonitor.com/My-Turn-George-Washington-Carver-The-Man-Who-Talks-with-the-Flowers-49754866