365 2014 Day 66 Tulip Tree

I love tulip tree blossoms. The flowers look like dancers to me, limbs outstretched and curving into elegant stillness. Their sweeping wisps of soft pink appear to be part of some sweet choreography. I find them in the parking lot at the mall and abandon the crowds and commerce to partake in the best gift of all. God is there in those blossoms. He is also there within me drawing me into his joy. I sense his presence there at the far end of the lot with cars rushing past me. Some slow to see what I am doing there. I smile giddy and turn back to my treasure.

Spring is coming into her glory and the tulip tree blossoms are beginning the beguine. Shall we dance?

Yes, I am ready. Let us dance.

Psalm 65:9-13 ~

“Oh, visit the earth, ask her to join the dance! Deck her out in spring showers, fill the God-River with living water. Paint the wheat fields golden. Creation was made for this! Drench the plowed fields, soak the dirt clods With rainfall as harrow and rake bring her to blossom and fruit. Snow-crown the peaks with splendor, scatter rose petals down your paths, All through the wild meadows, rose petals. Set the hills to dancing, Dress the canyon walls with live sheep, a drape of flax across the valleys. Let them shout, and shout, and shout! Oh, oh, let them sing!”