I get literally dragged out of the house when it comes to hanging out or visiting places.
In May, one of the places I was cajoled into visiting was Keukenhof. It was well worth the time spent.
Keukenhof boasts of being the most beautiful spring garden in the world, spanning across hectares of land and has existed for the past 74 years. It houses more than 7 million tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils.
The vibrant colours mingled with rich fragrances exuding from the flower will quicken your senses. A note of caution here – be careful who you visit Keukenhof with, because you might fall in love and say yes to a proposal before you can catch your words🤗
Three weeks later, as I was on a train passing through the area where Keukenhof is located, I looked out the window to take in the beautiful sight. As you would guess, all the flowers were gone. It has closed its gate to visitors until March 2024.
All I could see was a vast land with a few tractors in the fields, mulching the soil and raking away the remains: probably to make hay and straw and prepare for another season that will last for only 52 days.
As I looked at the remains of the sea of flowers that was there barely three weeks ago, the words of Jesus in Luke 12:27 filtered into my heart – “consider the lilies 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 God can be meticulous in keeping watch over the lilies of the field, which bloom in spring and wither in summer, how much more can he do for you and me, who were created in His image, after His likeness?
It must be very embarrassing and distressing for God each time he beholds his children bothered about what tomorrow brings.
Keukenhof will always serve as a reminder and a record that if God can so beautifully dress tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils, which are today and tomorrow no more, how much more can he clothe you and me?