Nature…

I love nature and being outside, there’s something ethereal in the outdoors. You can feel it if you stop and just let your senses take it all in: the sounds, the smells, the feel, gathering the peaceful essence within and holding it close.

Genesis is the first book of the Bible, The beginning of all things; it tells of God creating the heavens and earth, along with getting to meet its first inhabitants; Adam and Eve.

Genesis 1:1 NCV “In the beginning God created the sky and earth.”

Genesis 1:3 NCV “Then God said, ‘Let there be light.’And there was light.”

Genesis 1:6 NCV “Then God said, ‘Let there be something to divide the water in two.”

Genesis 1:9 NCV “Then God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry land will appear.’ And it happened.”

Genesis 1:11a NCV “Then God said, ‘Let the earth produce plants.”

Genesis 1:14 NCV “Then God said, ‘Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night. These lights will be used for signs, seasons, days and years.”

Genesis 1:20 NCV “Then God said, ‘Let the water be filled with living things, and the birds fly in the air above the earth.”

Genesis 1:24 NCV “Then God said, ‘Let the earth be filled with animals, each producing more of its own kind.”

Genesis 1:26 NCV “Then God said, ‘Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the tame animals, over all the earth, and over all the small crawling animals on the earth.”

Genesis 1:27 NCV “So God created human beings in his image. In his image he created them. He created male and female.”

Makes sense now doesn’t it, that we feel this connection to Gods creation, because we too are Gods creation. So the next time you are out in nature; whether it be in your peaceful quiet backyard, standing on the edge of the oceans boundaries listening to its pounding roar, walking within the deep quiet cathedral of the forest, possibly running through a meadow of wildflowers or simply gazing at a field covered in a carpet of golden wheat. Stop!!! Take a moment to reflect on everything around you…in all of the ugliness today that seems to be winning, there is still more then enough beauty in our world; to call “Checkmate!”

Please, take the time to appreciate the fluffy cotton ball clouds floating peacefully in the sky, the flowers that look up and wave as you walk by, the cleansing raindrops falling gracefully from the sky, listen for the breeze that whispers your name or the giggling brook that is simply enjoying its bubbly trip somewhere, causing you, yourself to smile with it. These are all gifts from our creator, I hope you will go outside with maybe a different point of view today. Make it a sunshine day!!! I have rain today…Thank you Lord!!! As always, Thank you for joining me. 🥰