If delight may provoke men’s labour,
what greater delight is there then to behold the earth
as apparelled with plants, as with a robe of imbroidered worke,
set with orient pearles, and garnished with great diversitie
of rare and costly jewels?
The delight is great but the use is greater,
and joyned often with necessitie.
~John Gerarde, English herbalist and botany writer

Oh how beautiful is the butterfly supping on earth’s delights!  As they flit from flower to flower nectaring on sweet profferings they give flight to the wings of the day.  Were it not for such as they, would the human spirit ever be able to soar above the madness?  Thank you Lord for revealing yourself and your goodness through all that you created.

In the beginning God created the heavens and earth. . .God saw all that He had made, and it was very good…  ~Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:31a  ✝