As I enjoyed the beauty of the fall colors in Athens from my porch, I couldn’t help but wonder why the reds, oranges and yellows were so beautifully dispersed in a visually pleasing mosaic? There were interestingly, patches of green pines that broke the pattern and grew instead in clusters.
I suspect that the biologists could give me some mechanistic explanation of how the pines change their environment so that only other pines can survive in their proximity, and that the oaks, maples and dogwoods coexist in a form of symbiotic relationship.
I wonder if this is how God specifically designed it, so that we could enjoy seeing the mosaic of color in the fall, and enjoy walking on a carpet of needles beneath a pine grove.
Maybe God also intended to give us an illustration of humanity. There are some who co-mingle, enhancing their environment with diversity. Is this not what God has designed for his body, made of many members, but united in one purpose? Yet there are those as well who promote uniformity, discouraging that which is different, like the pines.
Which am I?
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