Shade Tree Wisdom 6/7/11

“You see, but you don’t observe”.

That is the way Sherlock Holmes used to chide his sidekick, Dr. Watson. He meant to tell him he made no connections. They both saw the same thing, but Holmes noticed what it meant for the problem they were trying to solve.

The Lord Jesus is teaching the same thing in the Gospel of St. Matthew chapter 6 where he says, “Behold the fowls of the air; they sow not, Neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?” Matt. 6,26. Then He speaks about the beauty of flowers growing in the fields, and suggests that even Solomon could not dress more beautifully than they. V.28.29.

And that is the point of this Shade Tree Wisdom. That we tend to see, but not observe. Just look around to see the beauty the Lord lays before you daily. Right now fields are covered with Indian Paint Brush and Bluebonnets and other beauty, and all we seem to be able to speak about it how hot it is and that we are setting new records daily.

Dr. Watson really tried to emulate his friend’s reasoning, but was always amazed at the result which Holmes could draw from the same picture they had both looked at.

You and I can stop in our busy days to really see the beauty the world is filled with. No, it’s not just disaster and disarray, it is form and beauty and rich and lavish color for our eye to enjoy. Let us take a moment to thank God for the care He lavishes on the world for our eye to see and enjoy daily.

GPD 6/7/11