We are living in a mad time, when it seems we can’t fix anything. Our country is so divided, and our politics even more. Congress has been completely dysfunctional for so long that younger people — such as those who have no memory of the things that got done during the Johnson administration — think it was always this way.
So whether you’re looking at global climate change, or race relations, or the national debt, or even something as immediate and narrow-gauge (but alarming as all get-out, if you are so blessed as to have a baby in your house) as the baby formula shortage, it just doesn’t seem like anything will ever, ever get better.
And yet, if we turn from that and just watch Nature, we see the most amazing things happen — with no effort at all on our part.
For instance — on Saturday, the rain came down hard for awhile. After that, the hanging flower pots on our deck didn’t look too great. See the picture above. They had been beautiful, and my wife — who had put them there — took delight in them. And then they looked like something practically destroyed.
Then the next day, wow. See the picture below. No, this wasn’t a surprise. We figured they would make a comeback. But I thought I would still tell about it here, because I think that too often, we assume too much, and don’t appreciate enough.
I’m reminded of one of my very favorite Bible passages:
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“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat [or drink], or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
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Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they?
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Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?
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Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin.
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But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them.
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If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith?
Yep. Solomon was a smart guy, but he couldn’t have done anything like this…
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He had silver and gold
Riches untold
And the beast of the field lay at his feet
Everybody bowed
He wondered why or how
It all came to be
No one understood his sorrow
No one saw his pain
He way praying for grace
Ravens pray for rain
And when he stood before the altar
Solomon sang
Solomon sang
Wisdom was his calling
Pride sent him falling
Love was blissful misery
When the days grew dim
Life begin again
In the questions of the Queen
Did she understand his sorrow
Did she see his pain
Vanity and precious stones
Weigh you down the same
Solomon sang
Solomon sang
Love for woman
Love for God
Not so simple
Not too hard
For the spirit
Pleasure is sweet
And surrender set him free
Free
Set him free
When our time is ended
How will we have spent it
Did we see the beauty in each day
Was it God’s devotion
Behind each emotion
Or did it all just slip away
Can you understand his sorrow
Can you see his pain
Nothing lives forever
But the love that bears your name
And when he stood up in the temple
Solomon sang
Solomon sang
Solomon sang
Solomon sang