“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Altimira Oriole, South Texas, 2011

“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom m and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew 6:25-34

Field of Texas Bluebonnets (Lupins), 2010

Me, not worring, in a field of Texas wilflowers (2010)

The wildflowers in Texas were prolific and beautiful the spring and summer of 2010. After a few years of drought we had rain at just the right time. The spring was cooler so the flowers stayed in bloom longer. This year, the drought is back. We still have wildflowers, but much fewer. But God made our native plants so they could adapt to the conditions they live in. The seeds can survive for years, then burst into bloom when the conditions are just right. Not only are the lilies of the field not worried, but they have no need to worry!

I know what you might be thinking – we have done a lot over the years to reduce the number of these beautiful native plants, but through it all, most survive as a species. As for those that are in jeopardy, there are a few of us who are trying to help.