Thankful for Nature's Beauty

For me the beauties of nature often summon very intense feelings of closeness to God. These feelings are usually mixed with emotions of happiness and pure joy. 

I felt it as I surveyed this area, looking for snow geese

(We found them across the road)

What a joyful rush to see them take flight

I felt it as I stood in the tulip fields - swaths of color as far as I could see

I could have remained there for hours just soaking it all in 

I felt HAPPY and grateful for the beauty of the earth

"The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof..."    

Psalm 24:1

For the beauty of the earth,


For the beauty of the skies,


For the love which from our birth


Over and around us lies,

Lord of all, to thee we raise


This our hymn of grateful praise.

For the beauty of each hour


Of the day and of the night,


Hill and vale, and tree and flow'r,


Sun and moon, and stars of light,

Lord of all, to thee we raise


This our hymn of grateful praise.*

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It is good to put ourselves in the midst of beauty and soak it up 

Is it good to feel God and His love. 

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Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings "For the Beauty of the Earth"

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*For the Beauty of the Earth

Text: Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1835-1917


Music: Conrad Kocher, 1786-1872