Collector's Choice

Paper Butterfly

Cherry Candy

Yazoo Wild Violets

Red Volunteer

Wonder of Creating
- Christine

I think it's wrong to neglect what God has entrusted to me in order to be "wrapped up in" what I think life is about. The
Onceler was wrapped up in making more and more money. Serge was wrapped up in how other people's opinion of him and making himself seem important. I am in many ways wrapped up in food and clothing but also all my "more to life" stuff. It's a constant struggle for balance. Here's the other side of it...

Enter my daylilies - which Erin jokingly suggested I fast from.
Daylilies are just one example from the created world of the awesomeness of its Creator. While botanists and average gardeners (like myself) hybridize daylilies and "create" so many beautiful new cultivars - God Himself placed within each of those plants the genetic information to bring forth flowers as unique as the people on the earth. I love the translation of Matthew 6:28 that says "Consider the LILIES of the field." I'm determined to put that verse and verse 29 on a plaque in my garden. God gave us the beauty of His creation. I think that if we observed the birds as Jesus suggests, we'd find that God not only feeds them but He also made them interesting and gave us their songs. If we observed the flowers, we'd realize that not only does God clothe them, He clothes them gloriously (Who did He do that for? Certainly the flowers don't care!) and gave many of them delightful scents. So, in my mind, Jesus is also giving a message akin to "stop and smell the roses." Lest webecome like the Onceler or Serge.