Nature Preserves Heaven's Song
During Holy Week, I took some time out in nature. I often walk with Avery (my beagle) around the neighborhood, but the weather had been so perfect that I decided to go to a nature park (that I used to think was a nature preserve. . .) a few miles down the road. I was determined to unplug, breathe deeply, and just soak up the beauty of the early Spring in the calm perfection of evening. But as I walked through this trails canopied with trees, thoughts kept flooding my mind. I was caught without a notebook since I had determined I wasn't going to journal, just take a long, refreshing walk. Before long, I had to go into my notes app where many of my devotions and poems start. All throughout the park, I saw what Paul describes in Romans - the invisible things of God clearly seen in the things He has made - "even His eternal power & Godhead" (Romans 1:20). I was continually reminded of the anticipation of Resurrection Sunday and the hope...
