I Love My Irises
@bagarad (14283)
Paso Robles, California
May 14, 2019 3:02am CST
Irises are my favorite flower. They smell good. They look and feel good to touch. I love their smooth texture. I have a variety of colors and they take turns blooming. But there's one thing I don't like about them. They fade so fast.
So do the stages of our lives. A baby is soon gone and replaced by a toddler, who is in turn replaced by a kindergartner, and so on. Our entire lives pass very quickly. The apostle Peter tells us in 1 Peter 1:24 : " For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord lasts forever."
In my photo you can see the irises still blooming next to the ones that have just faded. I imagine in a couple of days they will be gone. Some of the most beautiful flowers have the shortest lives.
When we are in full bloom, it seems we will always be blooming. And one day we realize that we, too, will fade and die before long. It is then we lean hard on that Word of the Lord that will only get clearer when we see him face to face. Then we will bloom as we never have before. I'm glad I have that hope.
What is your favorite flower? Why do you love it?
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
19 May 19
Any flower is really my favourite but I love daisies, buttercups and sunflowers and roses.
Also Sweet Alyssum she is a flower that is lovely a wild one and has a lovely light scent to it very calming.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
23 May 19
@bagarad
I love the way they reach up to the sun all at the same time.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
23 May 19
@lovinangelsinstead21 I like that, too.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
19 May 19
They are really very beautiful
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
19 May 19
@bagarad yes..and I'm sure you have a beautiful garden
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
23 May 19
@amitkokiladitya I wish I had the time and energy to make it even more beautiful. I can't quite match the pictures I see on Instagram.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 May 19
Nice photo, nice garden.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
18 May 19
@bagarad I had catmint in my garden two houses ago... got lots of kitty visitors.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
19 May 19
@BarBaraPrz I get a few of those myself. One often came over to get high.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
29 May 19
@bagarad - What a beautiful metaphor for life! I love irises, too, but you are correct that they fade quickly. As I watch my own children grow up and now our grandchildren, I realize how quickly life moves on!
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
31 May 19
@DeborahDiane I think many people's lives are in limbo, but they just don't realize it. There is so much noise in our world that it often drowns out what we don't want to think about.
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
31 May 19
@bagarad - Yes, you are right. I think a lot of people spend too much of their lives in limbo. We have been living like this for a few years, with regards to my husband's health, and it has almost become our "new normal." We try to stay focused on the here and now. I think that is important for everyone.
@magallon (19279)
• Philippines
14 May 19
Wow! How lovely are those flowers...
I love seeing blooming flowers.
They are colorful and soothing to the eyes.
They make you feel relax and happy too...
But its true , that maybe the next few days they will die but the memories will stay and the good feeling they gave you will be cherished and will hope that in the next few days you will gonna see them again.
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