MARCH 19, Psalm 104:24

Imagine there is a young bee called Buzz, and his main job is to gather nectar from flowers to make honey. One day as Buzz was flying along, he happened to notice one particularly bright red flower which had a green base. He then landed softly on a big, fluffy-looking part of the flower. From there he dove straight into the flower and noticed a big green stalk right in the centre of the flower. All around it were little stalks that waved in the breeze. They had funny little knobby things on their ends. Buzz was really curious what all these things were and decided to go ask his good friend – you! Would you be able to help Buzz?

Of course there are many types of flowers and therefore not all flowers look like what Buzz saw. But a lot of them would have essentially the same parts Buzz saw. There are 4 main parts we shall examine today. The first part we are going to look at is this pointy little green leafy part at the base of the flower. This is called the sepal. The sepal is important when the flower is young, because it helps protect the bud.

What is the big, red fluffy part Buzz landed on? It is of course the petal! God really did a spectacular job of making the flowers beautiful by giving the petals different colours. Well, He actually created them this way for a reason. The bright colours attract pollinators like Buzz to them. The flower needs bees to help it form new seeds.

Now going farther into the flower, down to the middle where the big stalk is – that is the pistil. This is a very important part of the flower because this is where pollination occurs. That’s a big word, but the idea is simple. Pollination is the process of the little grains of pollen moving down the pistil where they form seeds. The last part we are going to talk about is the tall things with little knobby ends. Those are the stamens which hold pollen on their ends.

Most of us do not spend too much time examining flowers, do we? To us, flowers just happen along the wayside, and are not something very precious. Yet, if we think about how God has designed and shaped these natural beauties will we not marvel that He is a great Creator?

Thought: The Lord my God is the great Creator of the heavens and the earth!

Prayer: Heavenly Father, as I see the wonders of nature, may I praise Thy name and give glory to Thee. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.