“The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. The Bible speaks again and again of the goodness and beauty of creation, which is called to glorify God.”
Question for Meditation: How are we to treat the beauty of creation?
“each pond with its blazing lilies
is a prayer heard and answered
lavishly,
every morning…”
Question for Meditation: What does nature communicate to you?
Question for Meditation: How would you like to be remembered?
“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.”
Question for Meditation: What do you have at your source?
“I do not lend. I give. Hasn’t the good God been the first to give to me?”
Question for Meditation: What have you received from God?
“The generous will be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.”
Question for Meditation: How do you express generosity?
“If the people use the wealth bestowed on them by God for themselves alone or for treasuring it, it is like a corpse. But if they decide to share it with others, it becomes sacred food.”
Question for Meditation: What do you have that you can share with another today?
“Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.”
Question for Meditation: What can you give today?
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.”
Question for Meditation: Spend some time outside this weekend.
“Believe one who knows: You will find something greater in woods than in the books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.”
Question for Meditation: Take time today to learn something from the Earth.
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