I stayed in the house far too much yesterday. I have something that needs to be done really soon, so I stayed in to work on it. As I began making a late supper I realized I had almost entirely missed a glorious summer’s day. So, I picked up my camera and went outside to enjoy the waning of the day.

Our little flower garden drew me, as it always does. Bobbing heads and colours mingling with the sundry shades of green.

Each flower so different.

Each flower so detailed.

Intricate patterns painted on such a fragile canvas.

Multitudinous petals fashioned to make one little flower head clustering with many others to form a soft carpet of beauty.

Sturdy stalks display familiar orange tiger lilies – familiar, yet far from common.

Bright sunny yellows, sunset orange, fragile white and pink, deep reds and soft lavender – these colours fill my senses.

Such creativity in these few flowers, such diversity of shape and colour and size and design. So lovely. So fleeting.

If God grants such detailing and beauty to a wee flower whose lifespan is measured in days, surely He grants the same to us.

Creativity, beauty, intricate detailing and careful planning have gone into our design.

Some days we may feel like a design run amuck. but we have a Creator who made us with love and cares for us with understanding and compassion. Regardless of how we feel, in His eyes we are precious. We are beautiful.

© 2008 Denise Budd Rumble