2009-08-19T15:49:57-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/bloom/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2035:1-2&version=NIV 2009-08-19T15:49:57-05:00 Watching flowers bloom is a fascinating thing and requires a confluence of circumstances that's truly complicated when you think about it. Isaiah uses this image in chapter 35, saying that the desert itself--although previously parched--will bloom like crocus. It will rejoice greatly and shout for the LORD.