What Did You Go Out to See?

Our new house is on a large lot and although we have a little grass to mow, the majority of the landscaping is xeriscape. We have a variety of ornamental grasses (pampas, hot rod, etc.) scattered around berms, an assortment of rocks/gravel, and boulders. Each plant looks like an oasis in the middle of the rocky landscape and I often step out the door to watch the foot-high grasses sway in the breeze. Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John the Baptist. He said, “What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ palaces. Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written: “‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’ I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he” (Matt 11:7:11 NIV).