Baby rises from the waters of Baptism
The image of nature is everywhere. This morning in church a newborn baby was raised from the waters of baptism into the community of Christ. This evening I watered my garden after talking with my friend Marna who was watering the DMZ garden. We water so our plants will grow and bear fruit. Today the beat of the drum, one of the first musical sounds heard in nature, was all over the Summerfest grounds, the world’s largest music gig. Today someone talked with me about the fear of suffering or dying to oneself in order to grow. This is something, dying and rising, that happens all the time in nature. The news today once again features the senseless, contrary to nature, acts of violence in the recent homicides in Milwaukee. The Sunday newspaper features the story of one orangutan in the Zoo, which is the story of a whole species of animals in nature, close to humans but threatened by humans to near extinction. The imagery of nature is everywhere.
Many believe that creation, especially humans, is created in the image of God. We cannot see the face of God but catch a glimpse of God in God’s creation. Living to be who we are is living to be what nature and God meant us to be. Being true to self is being true to nature. So wonder the images of nature are everywhere.
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