Isaiah 55:8-11 King James Version
8 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall My Word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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| Why do autumn leaves, left on the ground, disappear over winter? Decomposition continues all winter, under the blanket of snow. |
Others are enjoying rain today - or suffering from it - while we wait for the promised storms. My hometown area has flooded on both sides of the Mississippi.
America has lost its way because people are no longer close to Creation and the soil. Denominational leaders would rather sit down at the local Starbucks or the Velvet Lounge than stick a shovel in the soil that feeds them.
We think of rain in relation to good crops and abundant flowers, but snow is equally valuable.
The blanket of snow, formed by the interlocking crystals:
- Keeps everything warm underneath.
- Promotes winter decomposition because of the bacteria that work and multiply in the cold, with plenty of moisture available to them.
- Melts in the spring to give all new growth a burst of life.
Bird life continues throughout the winter, because insects leave their larvae in the bark of trees and hidden in bushes. Blue jays tuck away their own supplies of acorns, which contribute to the growth of oak forests.
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| Springtail or snow flea. |
Springtails work on decomposition all winter. Some ask, "Springtails? What are they?" That is the problem. There are more springtails on earth than people, but most people do not know these tiny insects exist.
In sheer numbers, they are reputed to be one of the most abundant of all macroscopic animals, with estimates of 100,000 individuals per cubic meter of topsoil,[21]
Springtails contribute to symbiosis in their ceaseless labors. Each creature contributes to the food chain, eating and being eaten, predator and prey.
Earthworms start small with a high protein diet of bacteria, which are mostly protein. From that diet they build their bodies, which are all muscle. Hard-nosed, they can burrow through anything. With tiny pebbles in their tiny gizzards, they grind up the soil they devour and make it finer. Their calciferous glands make the soil sweeter. Their kidneys add to the nitrogen compounds available to plants.
