Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

You know, Lord, grass is turning green in our corner of the earth again. It’s been said that grass is the least pretentious of this world’s everyday plants and the most important to mankind. The young blades are simplicity itself, not the simplicity of unicellular life in stagnant water, but specialized simplicity unmatched in the fields.  It’s been written that all the grasses, be they corn, wheat, barley, or oats are perfection, having eliminated nonessentials, but we know it is Your gift, Lord, unique to them. Stems seldom branch, their flowers have dispensed with petals, scent an...