Naturepreach

Nature is constantly telling the truth. There is a conversation nature is having with us, and if we dare to listen, we might hear a truth that can change our lives. In nature, we might just hear the voice of God. Here are some of the truths I heard nature tell me in a recent trip to Fall Creek Falls, a state park in Tennessee.

• Life is normal, but so is death.
• Beauty is free, but not unlimited.
• Freedom demands wisdom and refuses to protect a person from bad decisions.
• There is room for lots of different creatures.
• I am small.
• I am huge.
• There are forces that exist that are impossible to resist – and most of them are good.
• There is song, laughter, and applause that does not depend on the presence of humans.
• Nature enjoys a relationship with humans more than ownership by humans.
• Nature is generous.
• The story of life is told once a year and the storytellers are the trees.
• Nature doesn’t require an audience, but doesn’t mind one either.
• Nature isn’t worried about death or taxes.
• Beauty can induce a blessed and refreshing forgetfulness.
• The storehouses of inspiration are unlimited.
• When everyone does what they are meant to do, no one gets exploited.
• There is enough.
• Process outlasts content every time.
• Nature is self-cleansing, self-restoring, and self-contained.
• Respect is always appropriate.