Spring Sings a Song of Love
“O sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth. ”
--From Psalm 96
The spring flowers continued to push toward the sun. The lilac showed courage and some leaves burst forth from their bud. The green blades kept emerging from under the brown turf cover of winter. A new song is being sung in creation while we sit inside watching NCAA basketball. Maybe this poetic piece by Fyodor Dostoyevsky can help frame our faith journey this week; it certainly seems to encourage me to sing a song of love for all that surrounds me.
Love all Creation
The whole of it and every grain of sand
Love every leaf
Every ray of God’s light
Love the animals
Love the plants
Love everything
If you love everything
You will perceive
The divine mystery in things
And once you have perceived it
You will begin to comprehend it ceaselessly
More and more everyday
And you will at last come to love the whole world
With an abiding universal love.
A prayer: Creator God put a new song in my heart. Amen.
Ben Keckler
03.31.08
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