God the Substance of All Things

"How do you grow such flowers?"


My neighbors would ask.


I used to say, "feeding and watering?"


Lest they think I'm a bit odd.


But now I come right out and say,


"I talk to them,


Tell them  how pretty they look,


How well they're doing."


After all, don't most of us


Appreciate a little praise


Every now and then?


But in the final analysis,


It is truly feeling that


It is God Himself who is


The substance of a flower.*








*"Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"
             by Mary Baker Eddy,
                   page 508