Gardening

New Every Morning- Spider, or Surprise, or Hurricane Lilies

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Spider Lilies, or Surprise Lilies, or Hurricane Lilies

Spider Lilies, or Surprise Lilies, or Hurricane Lilies

Here’s one group of this year’s Spider Lilies. (Also known as Surprise Lilies or Hurricane Lilies).

You can see where the Spider comes from. I read some on the Surprise name – one thought is that they spring up just as a flower first, so you don’t see them coming, or they pop up in different places they weren’t in before. Hurricane denotes the time of year they bloom – and there’s even a tropical storm in the Gulf whose remnants are supposed to come through here in the next few days.

They are certainly ever faithful year after year – and new ones show up each year all over the beds and even in the yard. Reminded me once more of the wonderful passage from Lamentations. It makes it clear why we should hope and trust in the Lord.

“But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” Lamentations 3:21-24 ESV

Spider Web – Beautiful But Temporary

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Spider Web From Below

Spider Web From Below

Spider Web From Above

Spider Web From Above

I saw this one in the garden today and had to post it. It’s one of the big garden spiders (don’t know the real name.)

The intricacy of the web is beautiful, and amazing that God taught the spider to spin it. But, like all things on earth, it is temporary. With all the cats and birds, wind, etc. around here, this one won’t be there for long.

“Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish. His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider’s web.”  Job 8:13-14 ESV

But, God’s trust is everlasting! Hope in that.

Blooms and Scripture 20

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Cone Flowers

Coneflowers

The coneflowers keep coming back and are beautiful year after year – “in manifold witness”.

Great is Thy Faithfulness:

“Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.”

Source: http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/19#ixzz2dQEM3V9m

“But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” Lamentations 3:21-24 ESV

Blooms and Scripture 19

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Stella D'Oro Daylily

Stella D’Oro Daylily

Great is Thy Faithfulness – “As Thou has been, Thou forever will be.”

The Stella D’Oro keeps blooming for much of the spring and summer. The continuous blooms are an excellent picture of God’s faithfulness. Some human (or group of humans) worked with this variety to improve their re-blooming ability to this point. But it’s God’s strength and power (and faithfulness) that causes them to grow at all.

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Hebrews 13:8 ESV