Inspirations from Nature

In Steven Moore's American lit class, we were given an assignment to go spend some time in nature and then respond to what nature was telling us about ourselves and our spiritual walk. Later, we'll incorporate this into a paper as we discuss a nature poem by Frost or Sandburg and compare it to our experience in nature. Anyway, God gave me some really awesome insights while I was observing nature, so I decided to share them with you on my post today.

"It's funny what light can do to everything around it. As the sun sinks behind the clouds, the outlines of the clouds are tinged with beautiful colors, oranges and golds, pinks and purples. There is one long, thin cloud that leads to the large, thick cloud that the sun just disappeared behind. This long cloud is now a bright golden streak across the sky. It looks like the sun left this blazing trail behind it as it headed for the horizon. The sun has changed everything it has touched on its journey downward tonight. The sky and the clouds, everything is brighter and more beautiful after the touch of the sun. What a great analogy to how the world and especially we as humans are affected after we are touched by the Son! He is so glorious and so powerful that just a brush of His hand makes us shine with all His brilliance and beauty. When we were still dead in our sins, we were like that big gray cloud I see hanging overhead, thick and dark and full of so much that we need to release. Yet after we are touched by the Son, we are like those sunset clouds on the horizon. Suddenly our true colors are brought to light, and we display the bright pinks and the deep purples, the royal blues and the golden brilliance of our souls. Thank you, Jesus, for coming into my life to let me shine in your glory and splendor!"