Day 52

I am fascinated by patterns, especially those in nature. The way things line up and fit together so perfectly you would think they were man made. Today was another cloudy gray day so I decided to take a closer look at the things around me, I found these pine cones right outside my office window, bunches of them hanging from the trees. I marveled at how the scales lined up and fit together so perfectly, as if some divine hand placed each one on top of the next, placed them carefully and precisely, so they protected the tiny seeds inside. I read that if the scales of a pine cone are open it indicates the cone is dry, if closed, wet. This is true even for cones that have fallen to the forest floor, they are an indicator of wildfire risk, open scales, dry conditions, closed, damp. How cool is that? To be able to walk into a forest look down and be able to tell how dry or damp the forest floor is with out any mechanical instruments, only the instrument God created.

How often do we stop to take a look at something we have seen a million times? How many times have we raked up, mowed up, or stepped on a pine cone just to toss it aside with out looking at it? Next time stop to take a closer look at what nature has made for us to see, it will boggle your mind.