Irises for Easter
by Barbara A.
One of the gifts of learning to live in the moment is the the discovery of the gifts of God's natural world.I have never had much of a green thumb. I have many gifts, but gardening has not been among them. So when we moved this year, one of the adventures has been to discover what the land would offer to me.
Each day for well over a month I watched the stems in a particular corner of the yard. It began with green just sneaking out of the earth. Slowly they grew and grew into strong stems and leaves. Not being a gardener, the longer they took to grow, the more I was convinced that I would have tulips for Easter. Or maybe even a lily.
Imagine my surprise when they all bloomed on Easter morning. As the dogs and I walked out as we do several times a day, there were the richest of deep purple to the brightest of violet touched by God's paint brush with yellow. It is of interesting note that I immediately looked up irises when I got back to the house after seeing that they had bloomed, but I had not ever googled to see if I could determine what was going to bloom. The adventure was too exciting to ruin it before hand.
The Iris got its name from the goddess of the rainbow, Iris. She was known to have been the messenger of the God's, riding the rainbow to deliver messages robes of many colors. I challenge you to enjoy the wonder of God's natural world. See what you might be delighted in in days to come with new eyes of wonder if you learn to enjoy God's gift of today.
