God has planted His magic all over the world. Literally!

Forty percent of pharmaceutical medicines are derived from plants. Seeds, bark, leaves and roots contain medicine magic that prevent blood clots, fix heart arrhythmia, relieve pain and kill off infections.

But plants aren’t only beneficial for the body; they are also good for the spirit.

Plants can actually produce peace.

Studies show that plants provide psychological benefits for people. Classrooms decorated with plants increase learners’ ability to concentrate and so more easily absorb and retain information. Businesses decorated with plants create a calmer environment that in turn increases the accuracy of tasks. Even just a small plant on a desk increases productivity. Plants inside homes create a less stressful atmosphere.

Plants are God’s handiwork.

When worry overwhelms and the world feels dark, God hears our cries. We may need a walk in God’s creation, a breath of newly made oxygen, a moment to inspect the detail of a bloom, the texture of tree bark, the veins on a leaf.

Plants are from the mind and hands of our own Creator, an outpouring of who He is — majestic, orderly, complicated and beautiful. Whether we’re in the dark or light, inside or out, we can come to Him to calm our anxieties.