Different shades of green

Today I saw an image in my mind's eye of a very unusual shaped leaf which I had seen yesterday whilst out walking. This has caused me to reflect on the vast array of green leaves of different sizes and shapes, green trees, green grasses and shades of green. How awesome that we don't just simply have one species of tree and grass, all of the same green, as a young child might draw. I reflect further on the great extent of knowledge and wisdom we gain when we spend time in getting to know God and all He creates. It is not like academic learning with step by step progression upwards but instead a broad and lateral, as well as heightened, expanse, personal to each one of us. "And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ," (Ephesians 3:17b-18).