As we look into our "backyard" and beyond we are blessed with a panoramic view of tens of thousands of trees of various sizes, shapes and colors. In a few months we will have lived in our cabin for a full year, and have been witness to the changing beauty of full summer shades of green, autumn colors, winter's starkness and now the springtime revival and new growth.
When we lived in Colorado we visited the Colorado State University Trials Garden often to see the wide variety of annual and perennial flowers and shrubs, and also saw the beautiful Rocky Mountain foliage, quaking Aspen and the flaming fall forests, and the evergreen varieties below timberline. In our travels we have always been aware of the beauty of each locality and marvel at the handiwork of God's creation.
How and why the trees can come back to "life" after winter is a miracle. How the plants can return year after year with little or no effort on our part, the grass dormant from late fall comes back green and full, and even with little moisture, the trees "pop" out with leaves and new growth. It is nothing less than God creating beauty, giving us a sense of new life, animals bringing forth their young, bees doing what they do, hummingbirds returning from their winter homes and us getting rejuvenated and uplifted by the reality that God has it all figured out, is continually caring for His creation and fulfilling His promise of never leaving us or forsaking us. I don't know how He does it, but I am certainly glad, grateful, and thankful that HE DOES. Lord, Your awesome wonders never cease
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