Trees make me think of God

So yesterday I was thinking about God and trees. I was sitting outside suntanning in the absolutely beautiful weather we have been having for the last couple of days (currently 27C with a lovely breeze and clear blue skies) and staring at a couple of trees in my backyard.

I have lived at this house for over a decade now and one thing that I remember clearly from when we moved in was the size of the trees. We planted a few of the trees that are in the back to add to the ones that were already there. I remember them starting at knee height and now they are almost two stories high.

My brother and I used to collect seeds and nuts that we would secretively plant in our garden to see if anything would sprout. We have been successful numerous times with different maple trees. I remember one time we were leaving my paternal grandparents house and across from their house was this huge chestnut tree. I noticed that there were chestnuts on the grass so I decided that I wanted a chestnut tree (I'm sure in the back of my mind the thought came that chestnut trees looked really good to climb when they are big!) so I picked up one of the chestnuts, came home and planted it in the garden. A little while later, my mother noticed this strange plant in her garden and we couldn't figure out what it was for the longest time. Eventually we clued in that my chestnut tree had sprouted! When it was big enough it found itself a new home in the backyard and is now about 10 feet tall. This is my tree in the centre:

So why am I talking about trees? Trees are intelligent! Well, God made trees to be relatively intelligent. Both my chestnut tree and one of the maple trees are growing very intelligently. The branches on these trees are mainly on one side of the tree. This is happening because all of the bigger trees around them have the most access for sunlight so these trees are growing in such a way that they can maximize their sunlight capturing capabilities without being overshadowed by the bigger trees. That just made me think about how much design God put into all of His creation so it works so intricately and perfectly for what it is designed to do.

Yes I know its a bit of an odd subject but as the title says, trees just make me think about God and His creation and how awesome He is! If He took the time to make trees intelligent enough to grow in a direction away from other trees to maximize their sunlight capturing capacity, how much more thought and time and love did He put into us, His creation who are made in His image.

He never ceases to amaze me!