A few inspirational thoughts: The orange tulip

The other day I woke up having dreampt about a decorative yard sign. I envisioned an orange metal tulip with the words "Holy Spirit is..." on one of the petals. It impressed me so much I googled to see if there was such a thing (and if I could buy one). By the way, there is not.

I keep thinking about this tulip, It's been a few days and it keeps popping up in my mind. This morning I decided to do some research on possible biblical meanings of this vision. Perhaps this was given to me for a reason, for such a time as this, for me AND for His people. As I searched my heart started to race. This won't be one of my longer posts but I believe this "vision" is powerful.

I went to see if there were any tulips in the bible. They are not named as tulips but it is believed that the flowers mentioned in Song of Solomon 2:11-12a may be tulips.

See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.

Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come

Tulips do grow in Israel. They are a bit different than our hybrid ones and they are typically red. When the winter passes and the rains are over... these flowers appear and it is a time for singing... Is winter over, this season of stillness and even death. Has this season of rain ended. This has been a very rainy season here in the north east of the US. Is it time for growth? For flowers to appear and for us to start to sing?

As I said before, tulips in Israel are are red. This tulip was orange. I looked up the biblical meaning of orange. My heart beat a bit faster. Orange is a symbol of endurance, strength, of fire and flame. It is a combination of red - passion and yellow - wisdom. It is the fire of God, deliverance, passion and praise. A time for singing.!?

This tulip is metal. Sort of iron... wait what is iron used for in the bible? It is used to form weapons of warfare, for battle. We are in a battle right now. The words "Holy Spirit is.." were written on it. The Holy Spirit is our weapon to do battle here during this time. The Holy Spirit will make us strong for battle.

Take all this in consideration people. This tulip comes after winter has past, in a season of singing, with endurance, strength and wisdom. For us to be strong as we fight this battle and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

I live in a higher elevation. Things bloom a bit later than what I'm used to when I lived in town. I'm still waiting for some of my tulips to bloom. Here are some pictures of them this cold May morning. They are waiting to sing