All men are like grass, and all their glory
is like the flowers of the field.
Isaiah 40:6b
Yesterday in the mail, I received my Gardener's Idea Book from Proven Winners brand of plants. Wouldn't you know, the first specimen pictured was a calibrachoa (flowers similar to miniature petunias) called Sunny Lemon. Yes, bright yellow flowers, just as my gardening magazine suggested. I must say, they are gorgeous. Actually, the entire booklet is filled with photographs of amazing flowers. This little booklet does exactly what it is supposed to do: make you want to go out and buy everything pictured! Well, not exactly everything. I still say "NO!" to the blue, purple and orange color choices for planting in my gardens.
All the colors of flowers are breathtaking, but some are not to my taste for what I am trying to accomplish in my garden.
As I peruse through idea books, seed catalogs and nursery brochures, my thoughts always come back to one amazing fact. God could have created this world in black and white - or all blue, all green, all red, etc. Instead, He created the elements of nature in a kaleidoscope of colors, sizes, textures, and smells - all for the delight of the human family. Some are so easy to grow: pansies, petunias, sedum, hostas, lantana and daisies. Others, such as the orchid pictured above, are way beyond the scope of my gardening ability. What fun God must have had in speaking these into existence. What a marvelous creative imagination to set loose on the unformed world.
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