Divine Images, part 5: Grass
Some things that God has made we see a lot (and see a lot of). Grass is one of them. It is interesting, then, to consider what God has said about grass in Scripture. When you see the grass there are certain things you would do well to remember. First , remember your time in this world is very brief. You are here today and gone tomorrow. The psalmist says, “My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass (102:11).” “As for man his days are as grass: as a flower of the filed so he flourisheth (Psalm 103:15).” Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up (Psalm 90:5).” “For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away (1 Peter 1:24).” Knowing, then, that your time is short, knowing your life is “even a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanish...