spring

It happens every spring.  Trees that appear dead suddenly are covered in colorful blossoms and give evidence that life, long dormant, is revived.  So startling and so dramatic do these trees produce flowers that I wondered the cause that triggered buds to become beautiful flowers.  Recent research has located a gene within the leaves of the plant.  When the leaves reach a certain stage of growth they send a messenger chemical to the shoots and a protein is formed that initiates the flowering of buds over the canopy of branches.  I thought it interesting that the leaves control the flowers.  But I was reminded that the plant was an organisim that the Lord created with a code that integrated every aspect of growth.  The flowering of a tree is probably the most visibly dramatic aspect (as well as fruit bearing) but the code within the design governs every aspect from growth to insect resistance to sustaining life through difficult winters and times of drought.

 

Our Lord has also designed us with a code.  And though winter may seem long and droughts may occur in our lives, His plan will see us through and at just the proper time the flowers will also spring (and we will be surprised at the beauty)!

 

Song of Solomon 2:10 (The Message version)

Look around you: Winter is over;
   the winter rains are over, gone!
Spring flowers are in blossom all over.
   The whole world's a choir—and singing!

 

blessings,

Rob Smith