HOLY UNTO THE LORD

My oldest son recently purchased me an Amaryllis.
He remembered this was my favorite flower.
This flower appears to be the type of flower that
would bloom in the Spring, it's not.  This flower
is a winter flower.  So bright and beautiful
and so delicate.  This flower is mainly grown
indoors due to it being a winter flower.
December this the month most of the blooms
burst forth but for mine, it's mid-January.
Waiting ever so patiently for the first stem
to bring forth a flower.  It sprouted up and
out popped three bright red trumpet looking
blooms.  Suddenly another stem sprouted up,
then a third stem came up right as the first set 

of  flowers began to fade away.  The two stems 

brought forth six bright red trumpet flowers

that were almost velvet looking.  Suddenly a
forth stem sprang up and with the six bright red
flowers in bloom we are waiting anxiously for
the next three flowers to break out of their
hiding place into the radiant light. 

My husband and grandson were teasing me

this morning.  My husband said, "You've taken

more photo's of that flower in the last few days 

than you've taken of your grand-children.  Well,

we all know that's not so, because every week 

when they stay with me, my camera is flashing 

capturing every moment of their lives. 

As I was taking the photo's this morning, I was 

singing a song I heard online earlier this morning.

"You've got a Friend in Me".  Noah burst out

laughing and said, "MeeMee, you are singing 

that song to your flower,  Don't you think

that's pretty funny MeeMee to be singing to 

your flower"?  I think he had just heard his 

PawPaw teasing me and decided to join in. 

There is a reason I snap these photo's each day 

of this vibrant breathtaking flower.  It will soon

wither up, form a pod and drop seeds from it.   

Those seeds will be captured and preserved. 

 I will plant the seeds next year and wait 

patiently.  I could wait for up to six years 

in order for this very plant to grow and 

produce more of these magnificent flowers.  I 

will have to wait patiently in order to see 

this thing of beauty take place. 

This is much like our Christian lives.  We plant a 

seed, and we must wait, watch and pray.  It may be

a seed we are wanting to produce salvation in

someones life.  That small seed may be much like

the Amaryllis, slow to pollinate and slow to 

transform into a beautiful bloom.   

Too many times we are not willing to hang around, 

cultivate and wait patiently for their lives to change.

We want instant change to take place, something that

rarely happens.  We must be willing to do all we can 

in order to yield the harvest of such beauty.  

From this one flower pot, there will be twelve 

pods for new flowers.  From those twelve pods

there will be thirty six and they will keep multiplying.

Not each one will produce a flower but each one 

I cultivate properly will.  

May we start looking at the fields ripe unto 

harvest and cultivate more seeds for God's 

kingdom instead of living our lives allowing

the seeds to dry and wither up.   

May we get to see the magnificent glory

displayed as lives around us are changed 

into vibrant, radiant things of beauty. 

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing 

precious seed, shall doubtless come 

again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves 

with him

Psalm 126:6