Flowering Time

If you want to know what time it is, just go outside and check a few flowers. That's what Carolus Linnaeus, an eighteenth-century naturalist, discovered as he went around Sweden collecting and observing different types of plants.

One summer morning, he woke up early to go outside and look at a couple species of wildflowers. He noticed that by 6:30 a.m. the hawk's beard had opened into full bloom.

But that the Hawk bit hadn't, and wouldn't open up for another half hour.

Linnaeus believed that he could tell time just by glancing at a number of flowers, so he began charting the times that flowers opened during the day. The earliest riser in his garden was goat's beard, a flower that opened up by 3:00 in the morning.

The wild chicory opened up an hour.

Other plants blossomed throughout the morning until 11:00 a. m., when the last plant-the ice plant-unfurled its blossoms.

Also, he noted that the flowers closed at specific times. For example, the rough hawk bit folded its petals by 10:00 in the morning, but the day Lily stayed in bloom until 8:00 at night.

Scientists today call this phenomenon photoperiodism-flowers opening and closing as they respond to the amount of daylight. Since, you know now the power of plants is not just to make your home beautiful and fresh, you might want to try charting your own flower garden at home.

Learnings

Sharing these beautiful message of mine to you, made me realized that flowers and photoperiodism give us a clue that God, the Creator, has a wonderful sense of timing. He works things out according to His perfect time line. For instance, the Bible says that, 'when the time had fully come, God sent His Son" and that "God will bring about [the second coming] in his own time."

So whenever you see a flower in bloom, remember that you can trust God's timing. He has everything under control and will work things out when the time is right.

God's word for today: Galatians 4:4

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