梅克西亞（Ynes Mexia，1870-1938年）51歲時決定學習植物學，於是她成為大學一年級的新生。後來，在她13年的職業生涯中，她走遍中美洲和南美洲，發現500種新的植物。除她以外，科學家們每年也發現將近2,000種新的植物。

創世記第1章記載，上帝把空虛混沌、淵面黑暗之處（2節），變為繁盛之地。在第三日，上帝將水與陸地分開，使陸地變得適合人類居住，「地上要長出青草、結種子的蔬菜和結果子的樹木」（11節，新譯本）。這些蔬菜和果子可供你我食用。上帝創造的果樹不是只有一種，而是種類繁多。

上帝不僅是一位創造者（1節），祂更是創意無限。祂喜歡創造各種不同類型的植物、動物以及天上的星星。若上帝只是要讓我們有食物足以裹腹，那麼創造一種會結果子的植物也就夠了。但上帝的創造是何等豐富，祂所做的皆盡善盡美。

上帝的豐富並不僅限於祂的創造，祂還賜下豐盛的恩典。正如使徒保羅說﹕「我主的恩是格外豐盛，使我在基督耶穌裡有信心和愛心」（提摩太前書1章14節）。正如上帝創造萬物一樣，祂將我們的需要放在心上，賜下的恩典遠遠超過了你我所需要的一切。

At the age of fifty-one, Ynes Mexia (1870-1938) decided to study botany, enrolling as a college freshman. Over her thirteen-year career, she traveled across Central and South America, discovering five hundred new species of plants. She’s not alone in her quest. Scientists discover nearly two thousand new plants each year.

In Genesis 1, God took a formless, empty, and dark earth (v. 2) and created a place full of abundance. On the third day, God separated the waters to create dry land and began making it hospitable for humans by having “the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit” (v. 11). These were seed-bearing plants and fruit trees from which we could eat. God didn’t create just one type of fruit tree but an abundance.

God isn’t only the Creator (v. 1); He’s also creative. He enjoys making different types of plants and animals and stars. If God cared only about giving us food, He could have made just one kind of seed-bearing plant. But God is extravagant and never does things in half measures.

God’s abundance isn’t limited to His creation. He’s also generous with His grace. As Paul said, “The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 1:14). As with God’s creation, His grace is more than we need and offered with us in mind.