Genesis 1:11 “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.” The next time you enjoy a vanilla ice cream cone, k...
Continue ReadingLuke 12:6-7 “Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.” “That’s ev...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 4:6 “And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.” It’s a sunny, sweltering summer day, and you’re looking for a place to pa...
Continue ReadingLuke 6:44 “For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.” If you want to snack on fruit from a 10-story-high Grandidier’s baobab tree, you’d better bring a...
Continue ReadingMatthew 13:4 “And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:” If you have never opened a bottle of wine, let me give you a little instruction on how to use a corkscrew. First, you puncture the cork...
Continue ReadingGenesis 37:3 “Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.” The rainbow eucalyptus tree is undoubtedly the most beautiful tree ever. Its bark looks like it w...
Continue ReadingPsalm 50:11 “I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.” There are 13 species of a brightly plumed little songbird known as the fairy wren. The birds are found in Australia and New Guinea. So colorful are...
Continue ReadingMatthew 8:3Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, ‘I am willing; be cleansed.’ And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.Researchers searching for new medicines have been scouring the jungles of the world. Many of our new and most...
Continue ReadingPsalm 102:5-6“By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.” The creosote shrub is common in the desert of the American Southwest and northern Mexico. T...
Continue ReadingLeviticus 11:19 “And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.” Imagine this – you’re a carnivorous pitcher plant with no scent to attract insects. Even worse, though most pitcher plants are designed to kill in...
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