The Beauty of One
Late June always displays the highlight of summer wildflowers. A cool day with light drizzle is a wonderful time to photograph flowers. Jay Cooke State Park was beautiful in the 6AM morning mist and the sound of the distant St. Louis River tumbling through the valley drifted through the forest like a welcoming voice.
I trekked into the woods to locate my favorite patch of Pink Showy Lady Slippers, the Minnesota State flower, and one of the most beautiful wildflowers on earth. I arrived to find that there were no blossoms to be found, the cool spring this year had delayed the blossoms beyond their usual flowering time.
As my eyes scanned the unbroken green forest floor, I found one flower that had blossomed. For as far as the eye could see, this was the only Lady Slipper that had bloomed. As I looked closer, the perfect beauty of this one flower was breathtaking. Why had God allowed just this one flower to stand and display it's glory?
God uses nature to show us something of Himself, and he used this one little flower to reveal His glory in a giant way. When I first saw the blossom, I suspected that since it stood alone, it would be rather wind beaten and bug bitten, but, it was perfect. When I focused closer, it revealed more beauty and perfection. Much like when we take time to focus on Christ.
Like this "ONE" flower, sometimes we must stand alone to really be what God made us to be.
Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight...,
