Reflection Paper On What Time Spent In The Wilderness Can Reveal Of God

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WILDERNESS, SOLITUDE AND GOD What time spent in the wilderness can reveal of God.

INTRODUCTION
Imagine this scenario: You sit down in your home to do some much needed praying and reflection on yourself and God. In these initial moments, it does not take long to notice the metronome over your head in the form of a ceiling fan, with it’s steadily ticking chain setting a solid tempo. Tick, tick, tick, tick. In the distance, you now notice the low baritone voice of humming tires on the highway providing a bass line. The neighbor 's basset hounds unremitting barking provide a nice solid drum beat. The background singer, the local ambulance, joins in ever so softly. At first, the pitch is barely noticeable, but then its braying sirens seem …show more content…

In nature, we are able to observe order and purpose. Furthermore, when we can see this community unfold and how it works together, then we may be capable of realizing that all the needs of each living being are taken care of without human intervention. It is during these types of epiphanies that a grown man (or woman) can quickly become envious of the inhabitants of the wilderness. Suddenly, that fuzzy (possibly rabid) squirrel sitting on his haunches on a nearby tree root munching on the sweet green Bermuda grass that graces his properties expansive lawn, seems to have it better than you. His home far exceeds your newly constructed mega-mansion in grandeur as it is within the trunk of a magnificent 100 year old oak tree, overlooking a lagoon where two limestone-lined creeks converge to create a deep pool of teal clear water. An array of wildflowers add sporadic color to the grassy knoll. And he did not have to plant any of it nor pipe in any water! It is at this point that you realize that nothing that we humans create is as magnificent as God’s. This simple creature, (though they have a tendency to foolishly run under moving tires), has its every need taken care of and in superb setting to boot. God is so honorable, that he cares for even the simplest creatures. When will all humans wake up and realize that we too were given everything we needed to thrive and be happy as well? The wilderness helps us realize this

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