Every time we break from our ordinary routine and roles, there's a powerful opportunity to see creation with new eyes and gain new insight. The way a man gives beautiful roses to the one he loves, so did God give creation to you. Wherever you're going next, be intentional about seeking the Creator through creation. Our friends in Heaven offer us some treasures of wisdom to set our vision.
“Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look below you! Read it. God, whom you want to discover, never wrote that book with ink. Instead, He set before your eyes the things that He had made. Can you ask for a louder voice than that?”
+St Augustine
“Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will.”
+St Bede the Venerable
"It also helped me to look at a field, or water, or flowers. These reminded me of the Creator - I mean, they helped me to recollect myself and thus served me as a book."
+St Teresa of Avila
"People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering."
+St Augustine
"The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God."
+St John of Damascus
"You will find something far greater in the woods than in books. Stones and trees will teach you that which you cannot learn from the masters."
+St Bernard of Clarivaux
"The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. The Bible speaks again and again of the goodness and beauty of creation, which is called to glorify God."
+St John Paul II
“The world is thy ship, not thy home."
+St Thérèse of Lisieux
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