Southern Globethistle

This echinops rito, otherwise known as southern globethistle. The steel-blue globes provide rich pickings for butterflies while its spiny stems dissuade rabbits and deer from nibbling and munching. This flower provides rich nourishment for some but nothing for others. And so too the Word of God. To we who believe, it is the finest of fare, satisfying the soul; to those who are perishing, it is as sweet as salt, as refreshing as sawdust.

Said one King of Israel (David):