"FLOWER IN A CRANNIED WALL"
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies,
I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower-but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.
Have you looked around recently at your environment and wondered where it all came from, how did it all begin? Have you loitered long enough on a path to see the patterns of our habitat, and realize the function of this big ball floating in the universe has design, precision and meaning? Have you realized the beauty layed before you every day without failing is a picture, or may I say, a well planned production to get your attention? The rising and setting of the sun is a message, have you stopped to listen to what it is saying? Nature is God's love note filled with consistency, surprises,opportunity and best of all a resounding call to find out who He really is.
Sadly, the writer of this poem did not find the understanding he wondered about in his poem. He died believing ".. in Pantheism of a sort." (from his diary). In quick terms, he believed God was unknowable, out there in the universe, but not involved.
Pslams 19:1-4 says the heavens speak to all the earth....Are you listening?
Romans 1:20 says nature boasts of God and who He is and this is enough for
man NOT to have an excuse to know Him.
God wants to be active and involved, His love letter called 'nature' screams it. If you find yourself wondering 'if I could understand' it may be time to wake up and smell the roses.
{He's REAL and He wants relationship with you}
