Butterflies follow water and color.

We finally made the front section of our landscaping look really nice this year. Of course,it would be the year of the drought and so we must water daily if we don't want to lose our flower investment. We have red, pink, yellow and purple flowers and they do look quite nice all together. A few weeks ago I noticed these bright yellow butterflies fluttering all around this front area of flowers. My husband said they were looking for water and I wondered if the colors attracted them. Each day the number seems to grow and now the larger Monarch butterflies have started to come. I thing about how scary the drought has become. Farmers are looking for more grain and hay to feed their livestock because they have had to use their winter storage this summer. A pond beside our home has gone dry. There are so many things to see and become discouraged over the conditions of our earth. But, as the precious water flows out of my hosepipe to soak the ground these beautiful creatures flutter up and color the ground. I know our earth is crying for relief. I know the fields are burning up as I type, but I am not going to lose faith in the power and majesty of my God who creates butterflies in the hottest, driest summer in 118 years. The rain will come. The earth will restore. The butterflies have given me hope.