It was the year we were married and my husband’s father was dying of cancer. On one of our visits home, I came down with a terrible cold and since we were there for a week, I was concerned that I would spread it to my father-in-law in his vulnerable state. It was then I was introduced to the healing benefits of echinacea and goldenseal. After just one cup of the fetid tea made of roots and powder from a bin at the local health food store, my symptoms lessened and in the matter of a day, I was remarkably well. Later I would learn this miraculous plant was the beautiful purple coneflower I had often admired. God has such amazing ideas.
His omniscience is unfathomable. I may only notice that single thread–the robust elixir and the stunning perennial–but I know Him and I know His master plan is incalculable and replete with those silver threads—an infinite network of provision, fulfillment, and sustenance all weaved together by His inconceivable artistry. God’s love is the very essence of all this wonder.
Of course, the One who loves me and created me would also create the essentials for my wellness. Of course, His answers are not only in His Word but can be found in the very fruit of His Word. God spoke all these things into existence, His voice resounds in the flower, in the root and in me. Regard the purple coneflower—just one strand in the magnificent tapestry of God’s grand design!
But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding. Jeremiah 10:12
Meeting God at the Park 