Warmer Days

Today is Saturday and it is beautiful indeed. The sun is shining and everything outside is bursting open with life. It is time to get outside and enjoy what God has so richly blessed us with. "Nature" is what many dub the world outdoors. Let's consider, just for a moment, nature.

Nature can be perceived in varying ways. But nature, to me, is the course of things which God has placed in motion that has neither been disturbed or altered. Therefore, nature can be any process of life that has originated from creation, which man has yet to corrupt or destroy.

The human mind has a nature. It was created and intended for the purpose of communion with our Heavenly Lord. But, due to the fall of our fleshly father, Adam, even that natural process has been tainted. It is that thing which I cannot shake from my thoughts.

I have encountered this aspect of nature in its purest and undefiled state: as new, white snow lies atop of the tallest mountains. Ryan has the human mind as it was intended to be; full of love for God and for others which has not been disturbed by worldly opinions or desires. His perception of all that is around him, both physical and spiritual, is without fear, malice, or jealousy. That is natural. He is as God designed him and in that, he is a monument in my eyes.

If only we could love each other openly, without fear of rejection or opinions. If only we could love God and have sweet communion with him, without worrying so much with our daily affairs. Then, just maybe, we could experience the essence of nature.

Just as human beings, with all of their supposed knowledge, have tried to harness the power of the mighty wind, rushing rivers, and even the mind itself, God has had other plans. To fulfill his purpose, we should all be more like Ryan. We should love naturally, worship naturally, and try to allow God's nature to flow through us freely.