Thursday, April 04, 2019

Dark, Dry, Cold

My daughter was given an Amaryllis bulb by her grandmother.  It has bloomed beautifully.  As I was talking with the neighbor friend who stopped in yesterday about how to care for it the rest of the year, I started pondering the lesson of the Amaryllis bulb.  After cutting the sturdy stalk off to an inch of the bulb and then letting it grow and fertilizing it during the summer.  It is to be stored\put away in a dormant state where it is kept dry, cool and dark.  I find that fascinating . . .  Isn't it interesting how God made some plants\ bulbs to need the darkness,  and the dryness and the cold for a season.  I just plopped my baby girlie who recently turned one into her crib for a time of rest\solitude\quiet and sleep.  Often times these things we sometimes wish we could eliminate from our lives are what makes it possible to flourish and bloom again . . . If for a season, we need be . . .

"But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you."  - I Peter 5:10 NKJV

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