Can We Bloom for Easter?

This new month ends with Easter on March 31. Easter is all over magazines I got last month. My email box is full of sales for all kinds of Spring things, as well as  places to travel for Spring Break, formerly known to believers as Easter Break. My favorite time of year. Daffodils are up and most likely tipped by a 17 degree hit last Wednesday. They’re about three inches high. We’ll probably lose  a little in height, but a cold snap never seems to affect how they bloom their little hearts out. I have King Alfred daffodils with long noses. Sorry, Alfred, I didn’t name them. 

 

I’ve been streaming garden shows since I cancelled cable. While it’s a challenge, I’m learning. God sure knew what He was doing when He designed flowers. So many colors, so many species of the same type of flower. One show I watched explained how birds get pollen on them and actually brush it off on a flower to pollinate it. What terrific design by the Creator. 

 

As I watched, I marveled and thought about how the Bible says God knows the hairs on our heads. He knows when a sparrow falls. He is present everywhere at once. Marvel is not a word I use lightly. I use it mostly at the birth of new babies, of all species. Birth itself for all of us is a marvel. Do you ever marvel at how His design is apparent in just the continuity of life itself? 

 

Lilacs are coming. In order to bloom in God’s eyes, we need to accept His love and forgiveness. We need to ask Him into our lives, then stand back and watch us bloom. If we let Him in, our lives change in ways we never dream or wish for.

I thank Him every day for this wonderful natural world we live in as well as the gift of prayer.. Enjoy Spring as it comes, and get ready to bloom at Easter, too.