Nature
Nature is beautiful. I do not think that the only way to appreciate nature is through being ultra green. In my opinion conservation is what God would have us to do. Conservation in my opinion is being a good steward of what God has given us. When I think of conservationists, I think of hunters and fishermen. No person in their right mind would abuse something to where their children and their children’s children cannot even partake of the activity at all. What I am saying is that every hunter, fisherman, and nature enjoyer will do everything to protect that which they love. For me, I love to shoot and would love to go hunting, so I am more than happy to give money to organizations that help protect that, and I mean more than just the right. The great Bison was almost extinct, but fortunately they are making their way back to “hunt-able populations” I will call it. The fishermen are the same way, thanks to the department of fish and game; they keep it such that we will always be able to have the species that we have today.
Nature is also where I feel closest to God. There is no more beautiful sight in the world than being able to look on top of a mountain or tall hill and look out and see all that God has made. Two times come to mind when I think about how beautiful nature is. Well on the second hand I just thought of another one. The first was up in Idaho. I was with my uncle, aunt, and cousins for a few days and we went on an ATV trip for a few hours. They live in the far north panhandle of Idaho. We set off and when we finally reached the top I simply looked out, and I could see for miles. There was a city that I could barely see and it must have been 5 or 6 miles away. I thought to myself, “Wow, this is beautiful”. The second time I felt really close to nature was when I was with my mother and sister on a road trip. We were crossing into the Tennessee state border; it was on top of a tall hill (east coast people call it a mountain), and I looked out when we were pulled over for my mom to take a picture. I said to myself “how can people not believe that there is a God that created all this”. It was so beautiful just looking down into the valley, I cannot describe it. The third time was when I was on a retreat with my youth group in Tennessee. We were walking on this trail that day. We walked out of the bus and started down the trail. We started going down and not up which surprised me. I got chills because of the rushing wind and shade. And I thought to myself “natural A/C”. I do not know why but I love nature and I love being in it. One of my dad’s closest friends is a pastor in the Seattle area. Every year when he goes to plan his sermons for the year, he goes to one place, Mt. Rainer. He goes up hiking for a week alone up there. I guess if it works for Moses, and it works for my dad’s friend, John. Well I guess it works for me too, and I think it definitely does.
I think that this is a beautiful post. I really appreciate it. Also, it very positive!
ReplyDeleteBut I would like you to add some to it, perhaps in a comment, since you don't directly address the parts of the prompt: "Respond to Field Trip to Circle B and to the discussions we've had about the environment so far. Include discussion of the my notes and of the rereading of Hass' poem."
But nonetheless, good work. I am encouraged. :-)
o... oops.. silly me lol.
ReplyDeleteI thought that the field trip was really good... I love being out in nature like that. It is definitely a special place and Florida definitely has a special ecosystem. I was surprised where we read the poem. That little cove was very nice and I enjoyed it(and I am glad it did not rain when we were there). I am not going to lie I was not the biggest fan of the manual labor, but not for me, but more so for the ladies in the class, but I am glad that I worried for nothing. I think that I appreciate the environment more when we were in it like today, rather that just talking about it. As for the notes and discussion in class I think that we can get to be with God in nature, just as long as we worship God through nature and not worship nature. I tried to avoid too many thoughts about the Hass poem simply because I did not want to have to negative posts about how I felt about the poem. I suppose we will have to agree to disagree. I simply just do not enjoy literature like that, I do however love the topic of nature. I was very excited when I found out that we were going to be doing a unit on nature. Its probably my favorite literature topic.
Thanks!
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