Day 3 There's no such thing as a coincidence in nature

First of all, I'm still going to do 30 days worth of blog, just terribly behind. But I'm committed to this. So here we go again.

A few days ago, it was Easter. The celebration of when the King of Kings rose from his grave and the stone was rolled away. When I think of Easter, one of the first things that comes to my mind is the dogwood tree in my backyard. It always blooms around Easter. A few years ago, I read the legend of the dogwood tree.

Apparently,back at the time of the Crucifiction, dogwood trees were as large and strong as oaks. And used in the making of crosses. One legend has it that after the death of Christ, all the dogwood trees withered and regrew as twisted bushes full of flowering blooms that resembled the cross. Another has the tree made into Jesus cross and regretting it's role in His death. Sensing this, Jesus blessed the tree saying, 'Never again will dogwoods grow large enough to be used in the making of crosses. And every year a flower shall bloom to remind people of my suffering.'

Now this is merely a legend, a story. Tree don't talk or feel. But the fact that so many trees and flowers remind us humans of the Christ, I think there may have been a little intelligent design going on there. After all these plants existed before Jesus walked the earth. Maybe God decided that nature itself would predict His future plan for redemption of creation. In the five pointed poinsetta shaped like Bethelehem's star that led to Christ, but that turns blood red like the blood he shed. The stargazer lily we also give at Easter. Also shaped like the star of Bethlehem. And the dogwood tree that blooms around Easter. Whose four white or pink petals are shaped like the cross, tipped with a blood red and a crown in the center. It's just a theory, but I have a pretty good feeling we're going to see dogwood trees in heaven.