This was part of a reading in our Church today. As you know, I love nature and always have thought of it being a way of meditating and being sort of a "Green Sanctuary"This is a story of a young girl, Amanda, who wrote a letter to God and simply said, "I love you , God". She then waited for a reply from God for weeks but did not receive any.
One morning, while Amanda was alone sitting beside a brook in a countryside feeling somewhat down, she suddenly heard "I love you." She turned around and did not see anyone. Then, when she bent forward and listened intently, she heard the water babbling very distinctly again, "I love you."
God was answering her letter. Amanda over the coming days went back to the countryside; daily she heard God speaking to her in her heart through nature.
Amanda would hear how God continue to say to her, "I love you." in the sigh of the breeze,
the whisper of the trees,
the rustle of the dry leaves,
the twittering of the birds,
and even in the formation of the clouds.
Opening our ears and listen more attentively to nature and opening our eyes to see the beauty in nature is one way of increasing our awareness of God daily in our lives.
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