Blue Daze is a low lying
shrub, growing no higher than 18 inches off the ground that creates a beautiful
ground cover for any landscape. This
flowering shrub makes a beautiful canvas of greenery spotted with a touch of
blue throughout. It is a great addition
to any yard as it weathers periods of dry seasons and sandy soils very well.
The blue flowers that
bloom are no larger than a dime. In
fact, they are so small, it takes a small army of them to reveal the true
beauty of the plant from any reasonable distance.
What I find fascinating
about this plant is that the flowers have a life cycle of a day. Each morning, new blooms unfold as the sun
rises. Throughout the day, they hold the
magnificent color of blue, displaying the wonder of God’s creation in this
plant. As the sun reaches its peak, the
blooms are fully developed and the Blue Daze looks its best. But as the sun’s
final rays are slowly concealed behind the veil of the earth, the blooms begin
to whither and fall off. By the dawn of
the next morning the only thing reminding you of the previous days display of color
are the remnants of dried petals scattered around the base of the plant as yesterday’s
blooms bow humbly as the plant chooses to allow new buds to display its glory
for the day. These new flowers will
undoubtedly come and go as the ones before them did, but not without first
revealing a little glimmer of the splendor of the Blue Daze.
What a beautiful picture
of the Christian’s life. Like the flower
of this plant, your days are already predetermined by the One who has created you. He has called you into being for one purpose;
to reveal, for a season of time, the splendor of his glory. He knit you together in your mother’s womb
perfectly for the sake of revealing his majesty in you. From every placement of every hair on your
body, to the way your lip quivers when you laugh, to your ability to love those
around you, all of this is God’s handiwork on your life to show off his majesty
through you.
Meditate on Psalm 8 as
it speaks to the glory of God as it is revealed in you. Just as the Blue Daze makes known its beauty
through small, nickel size flowers, so God chooses you to reveal His beauty and
majesty.
Psalm 8
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your
name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have
established strength because of your foes,
to
still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your
fingers,
the
moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
4 what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son
of man that you care for him?
5 Yet you have made him a little lower than the
heavenly beings
and
crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have given him dominion over the works of your
hands;
you
have put all things under his feet,
7 all sheep and oxen,
and
also the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord,
our Lord,
how
majestic is your name in all the earth!
