Spring Lavishly [SSL 302]

a message during holy week

Hello friends,

You can hear the episode here: https://lisadelay.com/blog/spring-lavishly-ssl-302

At many churches Easter Lilies decorate the altar area on Easter Sunday. People buy them to remember loved ones and they symbolism hope, rebirth, and new beginnings as we commemorate the resurrection of Jesus.

What flowers are the lilies of the field in the Sermon on the Mount?
This is a name for wildflowers when Jesus speaks of them.

Anemone (Lily of the Field) - anemone coronaria

These are wild field flowers in Palestine and almost certainly the wild anemones that were referred to by Jesus as the lilies of the field in His sermon on the mount, as they still grow wild near the Lake of Galilee.

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”Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?” -Jesus

toil - work/ labour

spin - make clothes

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An Easter Prayer

by Helen Steiner Rice

God, give us eyes to see
the beauty of the Spring,
And to behold Your majesty
in every living thing.

And may we see in lacy leaves
and every budding flower
The Hand that rules the universe
with gentleness and power.

And may this Easter grandeur
that Spring lavishly imparts
Awaken faded flowers of faith
Luing dormant in our hearts.

And give us ears to hear, dear God
the Springtime song of birds
With messages more meaningful
than man's often empty words.

Telling harried human beings
who are lost in dark despair
'Be like us and do not worry
for God has you in his care.'

An Easter Flower Gift

by John Greenleaf Whittier

O dearest bloom the seasons know,
Flowers of the Resurrection blow,
Our hope and faith restore;
And through the bitterness of death
And loss and sorrow, breathe and breath
Of life forevermore!