Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 50, "Autumn Colors", Page 229.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
PHOTO: Nature is ever singing to a child a more exquisite
I notice more things these days. This year it's the colors of autumn. Why, I ask myself, do trees turn into this collage (combination) of radiant maroon, red, orange, and yellow?
There's a perfectly natural explanation, of course. Trees are shades of green in the summer because chlorophyll, a green pigment in the leaves, absorbs red and blue light from the sun. The light reflected from the leaves, diminished in red and blue, appears green to our eyes.
Chlorophyll is an unstable substance, and bright sunlight causes it to decompose rapidly so plants must continuously synthesize and regenerate it. The shortening days and cool nights of autumn, however, interfere with this process, and as chlorophyll breaks down, the green colors of the leaves begin to fade.
The leaves of some trees - birches and "quakies" (aspens) for example - contain carotene, a yellow pigment, and thus change from green to bright yellow as the chlorophyll degrades. In other trees the action of sugar in the leaves creates anthocyanin, a red pigment, causing the yellowing leaves to turn maroon, purple, and bright red as the chlorophyll fades.
As I said before, there's a natural explanation.
But, I ask you, why all this just for color? Color serves no practical purpose, at least none that scientists have been able to discover. And why are there photoreceptors in our eyes that enable us to see it? Who can explain this?
John Calvin, that's who: "If it be asked what cause induced [God] to create all things at first, and now inclines him to preserve them, we shall find that there could be no other cause than his own goodness."
No other cause than God's goodness? Indeed, Goodness is the point of all creation. God created and colored the world and exuded over what He had made: "Ah, that's beautiful!" He exclaimed, "My children will love it!"
I would never for a moment denigrate the labors and discoveries of scientists, but their explanations are never enough, for they cannot tell us why things ultimately exist - that is, for what purposes. For that insight we need revelation and disclosure, not discovery.
It is through God's Word, not scientific analysis, that we enter into nature's deepest secrets and understand God's "why." There "we understand in a moment things that no man of science, prosecuting his investigations from the surface with all the aids that keenest human intellect can supply, would reach in the longest lifetime." There we understand that God is love and made the whole world for our good!
Dante Alighieri, in the very last line of his Divine Comedy, sums up his argument on the mystery of God's eternal affection by stating that his love for us is the motive and the means "whereby the sun doth move / And all the stars."
Why, then, autumn colors? Our heavenly Father does it on purpose to make the world more beautiful for our childlike delight - and for no other reason. He's like that, you know.
song, and telling a more wonderful tale.
- William Wordsworth
I notice more things these days. This year it's the colors of autumn. Why, I ask myself, do trees turn into this collage (combination) of radiant maroon, red, orange, and yellow?
There's a perfectly natural explanation, of course. Trees are shades of green in the summer because chlorophyll, a green pigment in the leaves, absorbs red and blue light from the sun. The light reflected from the leaves, diminished in red and blue, appears green to our eyes.
Chlorophyll is an unstable substance, and bright sunlight causes it to decompose rapidly so plants must continuously synthesize and regenerate it. The shortening days and cool nights of autumn, however, interfere with this process, and as chlorophyll breaks down, the green colors of the leaves begin to fade.
The leaves of some trees - birches and "quakies" (aspens) for example - contain carotene, a yellow pigment, and thus change from green to bright yellow as the chlorophyll degrades. In other trees the action of sugar in the leaves creates anthocyanin, a red pigment, causing the yellowing leaves to turn maroon, purple, and bright red as the chlorophyll fades.
As I said before, there's a natural explanation.
But, I ask you, why all this just for color? Color serves no practical purpose, at least none that scientists have been able to discover. And why are there photoreceptors in our eyes that enable us to see it? Who can explain this?
John Calvin, that's who: "If it be asked what cause induced [God] to create all things at first, and now inclines him to preserve them, we shall find that there could be no other cause than his own goodness."
No other cause than God's goodness? Indeed, Goodness is the point of all creation. God created and colored the world and exuded over what He had made: "Ah, that's beautiful!" He exclaimed, "My children will love it!"
I would never for a moment denigrate the labors and discoveries of scientists, but their explanations are never enough, for they cannot tell us why things ultimately exist - that is, for what purposes. For that insight we need revelation and disclosure, not discovery.
It is through God's Word, not scientific analysis, that we enter into nature's deepest secrets and understand God's "why." There "we understand in a moment things that no man of science, prosecuting his investigations from the surface with all the aids that keenest human intellect can supply, would reach in the longest lifetime." There we understand that God is love and made the whole world for our good!
Dante Alighieri, in the very last line of his Divine Comedy, sums up his argument on the mystery of God's eternal affection by stating that his love for us is the motive and the means "whereby the sun doth move / And all the stars."
Why, then, autumn colors? Our heavenly Father does it on purpose to make the world more beautiful for our childlike delight - and for no other reason. He's like that, you know.
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Nature is ever singing to a child a more exquisite
song, and telling a more wonderful tale.
song, and telling a more wonderful tale.
- William Wordsworth
PHOTO: Nature is ever singing to a child a more exquisite song, and telling a more wonderful tale. - William Wordsworth
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I notice more things these days. This year it's the colors of autumn. Why, I ask myself, do trees turn into this collage (combination) of radiant maroon, red, orange, and yellow?
There's a perfectly natural explanation, of course. Trees are shades of green in the summer because chlorophyll, a green pigment in the leaves, absorbs red and blue light from the sun. The light reflected from the leaves, diminished in red and blue, appears green to our eyes.
Chlorophyll is an unstable substance, and bright sunlight causes it to decompose rapidly so plants must continuously synthesize and regenerate it. The shortening days and cool nights of autumn, however, interfere with this process, and as chlorophyll breaks down, the green colors of the leaves begin to fade.
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I notice more things these days. This year it's the colors of autumn. Why, I ask myself, do trees turn into this collage (combination) of radiant maroon, red, orange, and yellow?
There's a perfectly natural explanation, of course. Trees are shades of green in the summer because chlorophyll, a green pigment in the leaves, absorbs red and blue light from the sun. The light reflected from the leaves, diminished in red and blue, appears green to our eyes.
Chlorophyll is an unstable substance, and bright sunlight causes it to decompose rapidly so plants must continuously synthesize and regenerate it. The shortening days and cool nights of autumn, however, interfere with this process, and as chlorophyll breaks down, the green colors of the leaves begin to fade.
PHOTO: Why do trees turn into this collage (combination) of radiant maroon, red, orange, and yellow?
Chlorophyll is an unstable substance, and bright sunlight causes it to decompose rapidly so plants must continuously synthesize and regenerate it. The shortening days and cool nights of autumn, however, interfere with this process, and as chlorophyll breaks down, the green colors of the leaves begin to fade.
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The leaves of some trees - birches and "quakies" (aspens) for example - contain carotene, a yellow pigment, and thus change from green to bright yellow as the chlorophyll degrades. In other trees the action of sugar in the leaves creates anthocyanin, a red pigment, causing the yellowing leaves to turn maroon, purple, and bright red as the chlorophyll fades.
Chlorophyll is an unstable substance, and bright sunlight causes it to decompose rapidly so plants must continuously synthesize and regenerate it. The shortening days and cool nights of autumn, however, interfere with this process, and as chlorophyll breaks down, the green colors of the leaves begin to fade.
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The leaves of some trees - birches and "quakies" (aspens) for example - contain carotene, a yellow pigment, and thus change from green to bright yellow as the chlorophyll degrades. In other trees the action of sugar in the leaves creates anthocyanin, a red pigment, causing the yellowing leaves to turn maroon, purple, and bright red as the chlorophyll fades.
PHOTO: The leaves of some trees - birches and "quakies" (aspens) for example - contain carotene, a yellow pigment, and thus change from green to bright yellow as the chlorophyll degrades. In other trees the action of sugar in the leaves creates anthocyanin, a red pigment, causing the yellowing leaves to turn maroon, purple, and bright red as the chlorophyll fades.
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As I said before, there's a natural explanation.
But, I ask you, why all this just for color? Color serves no practical purpose, at least none that scientists have been able to discover. And why are there photoreceptors in our eyes that enable us to see it? Who can explain this?
John Calvin, that's who: "If it be asked what cause induced [God] to create all things at first, and now inclines him to preserve them, we shall find that there could be no other cause than his own goodness." [258]
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As I said before, there's a natural explanation.
But, I ask you, why all this just for color? Color serves no practical purpose, at least none that scientists have been able to discover. And why are there photoreceptors in our eyes that enable us to see it? Who can explain this?
John Calvin, that's who: "If it be asked what cause induced [God] to create all things at first, and now inclines him to preserve them, we shall find that there could be no other cause than his own goodness." [258]
PHOTO: John Calvin, that's who: "If it be asked what cause induced [God] to create all things at first, and now inclines him to preserve them, we shall find that there could be no other cause than his own goodness."
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No other cause than God's goodness? Indeed, Goodness is the point of all creation. God created and colored the world and exuded over what He had made: "Ah, that's beautiful!" [259] He exclaimed, "My children will love it!"
I would never for a moment denigrate the labors and discoveries of scientists, but their explanations are never enough, for they cannot tell us why things ultimately exist - that is, for what purposes. [260] For that insight we need revelation and disclosure, not discovery.
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No other cause than God's goodness? Indeed, Goodness is the point of all creation. God created and colored the world and exuded over what He had made: "Ah, that's beautiful!" [259] He exclaimed, "My children will love it!"
I would never for a moment denigrate the labors and discoveries of scientists, but their explanations are never enough, for they cannot tell us why things ultimately exist - that is, for what purposes. [260] For that insight we need revelation and disclosure, not discovery.
PHOTO: Goodness is the point of all creation. God created and colored the world and exuded over what He had made: "Ah, that's beautiful!" He exclaimed, "My children will love it!"
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It is through God's Word, not scientific analysis, that we enter into nature's deepest secrets and understand God's "why." There "we understand in a moment things that no man of science, prosecuting his investigations from the surface with all the aids that keenest human intellect can supply, would reach in the longest lifetime." [261] There we understand that God is love and made the whole world for our good!
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It is through God's Word, not scientific analysis, that we enter into nature's deepest secrets and understand God's "why." There "we understand in a moment things that no man of science, prosecuting his investigations from the surface with all the aids that keenest human intellect can supply, would reach in the longest lifetime." [261] There we understand that God is love and made the whole world for our good!
PHOTO: It is through God's Word, not scientific analysis, that we enter into nature's deepest secrets and understand God's "why." There we understand that God is love and made the whole world for our good!
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Dante Alighieri, in the very last line of his Divine Comedy, sums up his argument on the mystery of God's eternal affection by stating that his love for us is the motive and the means "whereby the sun doth move / And all the stars."
Why, then, autumn colors? Our heavenly Father does it on purpose to make the world more beautiful for our childlike delight - and for no other reason. He's like that, you know.
Dante Alighieri, in the very last line of his Divine Comedy, sums up his argument on the mystery of God's eternal affection by stating that his love for us is the motive and the means "whereby the sun doth move / And all the stars."
Why, then, autumn colors? Our heavenly Father does it on purpose to make the world more beautiful for our childlike delight - and for no other reason. He's like that, you know.
PHOTO: The mystery of God's eternal affection is His love for us. The colors of autumn is from our heavenly Father, who does it on purpose to make the world more beautiful for our childlike delight - and for no other reason.
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PHOTO: "Whereby the sun doth move / And all the stars. We understand in a moment things that no man of science, prosecuting his investigations from the surface with all the aids that keenest human intellect can supply, would reach in the longest lifetime."
God is love and made the whole world for our good!
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God is love and made the whole world for our good!
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PHOTO: "Dear Lord, we learn that Goodness is the point of all creation. God created and coloured the world and exuded over what He had made: ‘Ah, that's beautiful!’ He exclaimed, ‘My children will love it!’
The labours and discoveries of scientists are never enough to explain why things ultimately exist - that is, for what purposes. For that insight we need revelation and disclosure, not discovery.
Lord, we learn that it is through God's Word, not scientific analysis, that we enter into nature's deepest secrets and understand God's ‘why.’ There ‘we understand in a moment, things that no man of science, prosecuting his investigations from the surface with all the aids that keenest human intellect can supply, would reach in the longest lifetime.’ There we understand that God is love and made the whole world for our good!
Lord, thank You for making the world more beautiful for our childlike delight - and for no other reason.
We have Your eternal affection, and love is the motive. May we be penetrated by the light of truth and understands that God's love is at the center of the universe, setting everything else into motion.
Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen!"
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The labours and discoveries of scientists are never enough to explain why things ultimately exist - that is, for what purposes. For that insight we need revelation and disclosure, not discovery.
Lord, we learn that it is through God's Word, not scientific analysis, that we enter into nature's deepest secrets and understand God's ‘why.’ There ‘we understand in a moment, things that no man of science, prosecuting his investigations from the surface with all the aids that keenest human intellect can supply, would reach in the longest lifetime.’ There we understand that God is love and made the whole world for our good!
Lord, thank You for making the world more beautiful for our childlike delight - and for no other reason.
We have Your eternal affection, and love is the motive. May we be penetrated by the light of truth and understands that God's love is at the center of the universe, setting everything else into motion.
Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen!"
Picture posted by Gabby / Gypsy*Diaries at 9:30 AM - Autumn Leaves are Falling
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Reflection - Number Our Days - Autumn Colors
Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 50, "Autumn Colors", Page 229.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 50, "Autumn Colors", Page 229.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
Other Books
"Faithful to the end", A Preacher's Exposition of 2 Timothy, @ 2014 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-i.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-iv.html
"Songs of Christmas", The Stories and Significance of 20 Well-Loved Carols, © 2018 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/04/reflection-songs-of-christmas-links.html
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-i.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-iv.html
"Songs of Christmas", The Stories and Significance of 20 Well-Loved Carols, © 2018 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/04/reflection-songs-of-christmas-links.html
"Growing Old Gracefully", Following Jesus to the End, © 2019 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part I - III (Links), posted on Wednesday, 09 December 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/12/reflection-growing-old-gracefully-part.html
Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part IV - V (Links), posted on Thursday, 22 April 2021
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/12/reflection-growing-old-gracefully-part_9.html
"Teach Us to Number Our Days", © 2008 by David Roper
Reflection - Number Our Days, Chapter 1 - 40 (Links), posted on Tuesday, 16 November 2021
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2021/11/reflection-number-our-days-chapter-1-40.html
Reference
[1] From "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Copyright © 2008 by David Roper, ISBN 978-981-11-7184-0, Chapter 50, "Autumn Colors", Page 229-231.
[258] John Calvin, The Institutes of the Christian Religion.
[259] "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good" (Genesis 1:31). In certain contexts the Hebrew word tob (good) means beautiful.
[260] The question "why" can be answered with a technical or teleological explanation ("teleological" has to do with ultimate ends or purposes). For example, the question, "Why is the water in that teapot boiling?" can be answered in two ways: (1) Water molecules are held together by hydrogen bonds. As the temperature of the water increases, the energy of the individual molecules increase and they move more and more vigorously until they break the bonds holding them to each other and turn into vapor, or (2) "I'm making a cup of tea for you."
[261] George MacDonald, "Unspoken Sermons."
Links
[258] John Calvin, The Institutes of the Christian Religion.
[259] "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good" (Genesis 1:31). In certain contexts the Hebrew word tob (good) means beautiful.
[260] The question "why" can be answered with a technical or teleological explanation ("teleological" has to do with ultimate ends or purposes). For example, the question, "Why is the water in that teapot boiling?" can be answered in two ways: (1) Water molecules are held together by hydrogen bonds. As the temperature of the water increases, the energy of the individual molecules increase and they move more and more vigorously until they break the bonds holding them to each other and turn into vapor, or (2) "I'm making a cup of tea for you."
[261] George MacDonald, "Unspoken Sermons."
Links
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