Water Lilies

Little flowers on the earth are mostly considered commonplace by
people,notwithstanding their overall perfection. What prevents people
from grasping the creation miracles in these flowersis the familiarity
broughtabout by seeing them everywhere and every day. Therefore,
flowers that grow in a totally different place, under totally
different conditions and in totally different sizes will be assessed
without the 'glasses of familiarity' and thus help us grasp the
existence of God.
Amazon water lilies that grow in the sticky mud covering the bottom of
the Amazon River are interesting enough to remove the 'glasses of
familiarity' from people, because they continue their lives not in the
waypeople are accustomed to and witness everyday,but with a very
differentstruggle.
These plants start to grow in the mud at the bottom of the Amazon
River, and then reach out towards the river surface. Their goal is to
reach the sunlight whichis vital to their existence.When they finally
reach the water's surface, they stop growing and develop thorny, round
buds. The buds develop into gigantic leaves witha reach of 2 meters in
as short a time as a couple of hours. 'Knowing' that the more they
cover the river surface with abundant leaves, the more will they be
able tomake use of sunlight, these water lilies make ample use of
daylight to perform photosynthesis. They 'know' that otherwise they
will not be able to survive at the bottom of the river due to the
scarcity of light. It is certainly quite inspiring for a plant to
employ such an 'intelligent' tactic.
However, sunlight alone does not suffice for the Amazon water lilies.
They also need oxygen equally, yet it is obvious that this oxygen does
not exist in the muddy ground in which their roots are located. This
is why water lilies stretch out stems developing from their roots
upwards towards the water surface where their leaves float. Sometimes
these stems grow as tall as 11 meters; they are tied to the leaves and
function as oxygen-carriers between the leaves and the root.
How can a bud in its initial stages in life in the depths of a river
know that it needs oxygen and sunlight to survive, that it would not
be able to live in their absence, and that everything it needs is
present on the water surface? A being recentlyintroduced to life is
aware neither of the factthat this water has an ending point, nor of
the existence of the sun or oxygen.
Therefore, if the whole event is assessed from the standpoint of
evolutionists, these plants should long before have been defeated by
environmental conditions and become extinct. Nevertheless, water
lilies are still present today in all theirperfection.
The unbelievable life struggle of water lilies continues well after
theyreach light and oxygen on the water surface, where they curl the
brims of their huge leaves upward to prevent them from sinking.
They can continue their lives with all these precautions, yet they
also know that these arenot enough for their reproduction. They needa
living being that will carry their pollen to another water lily, and
this living being is a beetle (coleopterans) which has been created
with a special weakness for white color. They prefer these white
waterlilies out of all the attractive flowers of the Amazon River.
When Amazon water lilies are visited by creatures which will continue
their species, they close all their leaves, imprison them, and offer
them ample pollen. They let them free after keeping them for one
night, and then change their color so that they do not bringthe same
pollen back to them. The once pure white, glorious water lilies will
now go on adorning the Amazon river in pink.
Could such flawless and finely calculated plans be the work of a bud
unaware of everything? Of course not. They are the work of the wisdom
of God, Who created all things. All the details summarized here show
that plants, like all other living beings in the universe, came into
existence already furnished with the most convenient systems, and this
was thanks to their Creator.