The Gift That Keeps On Giving!

In November we had received a gift of a plant your own Amaryllis bulb. Within a week it had grown like crazy! Two weeks later, it had 9 blooms on the lower part of it! 9!! I didn't snap a photo of it then, but it was absolutely beautiful. Now, it has 3 more beautiful and very tall blossoms, over one month later! It has been such a pleasure to watch it and enjoy it.

It reminds us of God's gift to us this season of His son. It truly is a gift that keeps on giving to us, new Grace and Mercy each day while here on this earth, and then of course the beauty of the gift of our eternal life.

It reminds me of this hymn:Reminding us to Give Thanks for the beauty God has given us each day!

For the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.

For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.

For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth, and friends above,
Pleasures pure and undefiled,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.

For each perfect gift of thine,
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,
Flowers of earth and buds of heaven,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.

For thy Church which evermore
Lifteth holy hands above,
Offering up on every shore
Her pure sacrifice of love,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.