'Tis the season for trilliums! This time of year the arboretum at UWGB is carpeted with them. It's an amazing sight, this created world in spring.

Amazing, too, is the notion that when we are at the height of joy in the seasons, we so often relax into forgetfulness of the One who designed it all. We hunger for Him in the hard times, and forget Him in the easy, happy times. How like the Israelites we still are.

Moses knew this about human nature, and warned his people, just before they entered the Promised Land: And when the Lord brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers . . . to give you--with great and good cities that you did not build and houses full of good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant--and when you eat and are full, then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. It is the Lord you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by him you shall swear. (Deuteronomy 6:10-13)

So go ahead and enjoy that cistern of yours, and your olive tree, but don't forget the Lord who gave you all good things to enjoy in Him. He is the only truly amazing One.