“The mountains are calling, and I must go.” Does it ever feel like nature is calling out to you? Like you have to go out and see the sky and trees and fields, and escape from the endless houses and roads and people? Sometimes when I’m standing outside I can look up and forget the busy life we lead and just see the beauty of nature. The sky is the one place where there is peace – its clouds slip peacefully on as though there is nothing of importance going on here, as if all is quite and at rest. I think it’s then that I wish I could escape from the tightly-packed houses and busy cities. To escape to some place where there are no man-made structures – where there is only God’s creation.

The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament shows His handiwork.
Day unto day utters speech,
And night unto night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech nor language
Where their voice is not heard.
Their line has gone out through all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.

In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,
Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
And rejoices like a strong man to run its race.
Its rising is from one end of heaven,
And its circuit to the other end;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Psalm 19:1-6

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