Yesterday, as I walked in the forest of the North Kitsap Heritage Park and observed the buds on the trees and the birds in the air, I realized that in nature I can, undistracted, be in God’s unadulterated essence. God obviously loves life and variety of life for he’s filled all of Earth’s niches with it and then, in his wisdom, created the universe’s structure and laws and ecosystems that enable these multitudes to coexist and flourish.
In finding quiet in the woods, strolling by the seaside, examining a flower or a bug, watching birds peck for food and preening their feathers, or as I look at and think about the stars and the vastness of space, I realize and pray thanks for God’s love, life, wisdom, and time.
⸺ MRM (Penned 18 Mar. 2018 and then edited.)
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