Leaves

Have you ever tried painting a leaf before? I have! It turned out to be like a kids drawing. Can you imagine if someone had to paint every leaf, put in each a special detail to make it unique from other leaves. Must take a lot of work and time! I remembered doing potato printing when I was in elementary school. We also tried doing the same with leaves; it was frustrating at first, but rewarding when you’d finally get one good print.


Have you ever sat down and considered the importance of leaves, and the vital contribution they make on planet earth?

Mimosa leaves seem to be alive –touch them and they close immediately.

Without healthy leaves, plants would not grow, flowers would not be nourished, and we would be deprived of their precious fruit. Without leaves, that give off life-giving oxygen, global warming would have already decimated the human race; along with the long extinct dinosaurs. What would the British do for afternoon tea if nobody discovered the wonderful flavor of tiny green leaves? How about the many miracle medicines from leaf extracts that prevent sickness and save lives everyday?

How could something that is 'here today and gone tomorrow', be so simple and yet so beautiful. Only God could create something so common and dispensable, yet make it invaluable and unforgettable.

“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.” Henry David Thoreau

“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.” Walt Whitman


Wierd tree with leaves full of holes!

And God said, "Look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. And I have given you all the grasses and other green plants to the animals and birds for their food." Genesis 1:29-30