has anyone asked how you connect with God? for me, it is through nature. when i'm having a rough time with the kids, the best thing for me (and them!) is to get outside even if it is for only about twenty minutes. i need to be able to breathe the air that has the plants and animals He's created mingled in there with it.
this past weekend, the hubby and i both agreed that we needed to go for a walk with the kids. we went to a nature park near our house and i took a bunch of pictures. most of them are not.so.hot. after three years, i've been trying out the settings on my camera and it's kind of crazy that i don't get it. at all. these photos aren't horrible- but i have no idea what i'm doing. anyway, here is a pleasant photograph of a small lake with some ducks flying overhead. i took a lot of pictures of the ducks flying in "v" formation and it was super cool. the ducks are often WAY too small to see in the photographs from this weekend, but it was cool in real life.
after we walked around the lake, the kids needed to use some facilities and so we headed to the library nearby and then walked around our favorite neighborhood. so refreshing! i can't wait to walk with the new baby.
God's hand is found in the Bible, the following are some examples that stand out to me:
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.
"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Instead of the thornbush will grow the pine tree, and instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for the LORD's renown, for an everlasting sign, which will not be destroyed."
{Isaiah 55:8-13}
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses. Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him. For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
{Psalm 33: 6-9}
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun, which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course. It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.
{Psalm 19: 1-6}
Whenever I read Psalm 19, it reminds me of my favorite songs from growing up in church:
Canticle Of The Sun
Refrain:
The heavens are telling the glory of god, and all creation is shouting for
joy, come, dance in the forest, come play in the field and sing, sing to the glory of the Lord
Sing to the sun, the bringer of day, he carries the light of the Lord in his rays, the moon and the stars, who light up the way unto your throne.
Refrain
Praise to the wind, that blows through the trees, the seas mighty storms, the gentlest breeze, they blow where they will, they blow where they please, to please the Lord.
Refrain
Praise to the rain that waters our fields, and blesses our crops, so all the earth yields, from death unto life her myst'ry concealed, springs forth in joy.
Refrain
Praise to the fire, who gives us his light, the warmth of the sun to brighten our night, he dances with joy, his spirit so bright, he sings of You.
Refrain
Sing to the earth, who makes life to grow, the creatures You made to let Your life show, the flowers and trees that help us to know the Heart of Love.
Refrain
Praise to our death, that makes our life real, the knowledge of loss that helps us to feel, the Gift of Yourself, Your Presence revealed to bring us home.
Refrain
Hopefully you feel refreshed!
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