The Amaryllis

The Amaryllis delighted us with three huge flowers. We took the flower pot outside for the best light that day and to our delight Bob and I got the wind chime music! Unfortunately, I spent several hours and several revision to try to upload the video to blogger with NO success... :-(

I am SO behind in sharing this, as usual. What did Lennon say? Something about life is what happens to us while we are making other plans?

My life lately has been a continuous game of 52 Pick-up. I leave the house with the plan for the day and before I am one hour into it, things change and the cards get thrown up in the air by a cosmic nail-scarred Hand that is so sacred to me. I am having to learn to stay flexible whether I want to or not! This is not the teasing, taunting game that we played as children. His goal is not to frustrate or madden me, but to instill in me hope that no matter what comes my way, He is with me and He is in control, even when I may think my life is out of control.

I was enchanted during Advent with Macrina Wiederkehr and Velma Frye's song: "Ever Flowing" The lyrics are:

O, ever-changing God,
protect us from congealing,
Ever flowing, ever flowing,
ever flowing, ever flowing.
'Til we flow into a Sacred Stream,
"Til we flow into that Eternal Drink
which is You.

Then pour us back into the world and
let the flowing begin again,
And again, and again, and again.

The frequent lesson of 52 Pick-up has just been a constant reminder to me from the Lord that things are changing in my body and with my age. My expectations about life activities need to change,too. Things I used to take for granted are no longer easy. There have been times when I have wished for one of those mundane "usual" days when nothing seems to be happening. All of this at a time when my back has actually become less flexible without unrelenting pain occurring. In 2-1/2 weeks I see a pain specialist to get some help controlling sciatic pain, arthritis and a bulging disk. Until then, I am enjoying the rain ( several inches in several days!)as it reminds me crashing off rooftops and down streams to be Ever Flowing like our God. He has assured me there are plans and a future for me. Change is never easy. Just ask the earth as it yields to spring and the fields as they yield to the plows.