photo what? phototropic

you know, i don't even like botany... not even a little bit. i prefer real-life moving life-forms. (hahah... you have to see the comedy in that statement... read it again... are plants not living? do they not move in the wind? hopefully you know that i mean animal life is more my thing than plants... they are kind of boring) it was my least favorite course in all of my undergrad work... :)

but as much as i hate the class, i love the subject material! plants are amazing examples of life- especially when referring to one's spiritual life. we don't carry out photosynthesis or produce flowers... what commonalities do we share? our dependence on light...

...our dependence on Light!!!

so everybody knows that light is required for a plant to produce glucose... and we all know that Christ is our spiritual nourishment... not that that is not important *say that five times fast* but what about this...

plants follow light! not only do they grow towards light, they follow it! this phenomenon is known as phototropism. it is most notably seen in sunflowers :) imagine this/picture it/draw this up in your mind... there is a field of sunflowers just waking up to the sun rising on the horizon. they are all smiles because they haven't seen the sun in eleven-or-so hours... they are so excited! they watch the sun intently, waiting for it to shine its radiant light on their leaves and petals. once that first ray of light hits them, oh boy, they are addicted to it all day long! the sun treks across the sky... direct rays hindered by the occasional passing cloud... but the field of sunflowers follows the path of the sun with each flower. as the sun sets, the flowers tuck their heads as if they are saddened by the sun's disappearance. until the morning... and it happens all over again...

i would love to have the discipline and patience of a sunflower- sedentary and satisfied with watching the Son... "auxin" constantly elongating and retracting different cells to enable me to follow the Light with my head. that would be the life!

but my life is better than a sunflower's. do you agree? i get to follow with my feet, my actions, my entire life! i don't have to watch the Son go down. i get to stay in His light forever! i may get to experience times of stillness and complete satisfaction... other times i am fortunate enough to follow Him for days and days without slowing down. i get to bask in His glorious light at all hours of my life!!!

it's called phototropism... movement in response to Light... are you a phototropic individual?