What is nature? What we call nature is a small part of God’s universe that we are able to see at the present time, and much of which we see awry. All the wonderful things that are going on in the woods, all the marvelous happenings that take place in the depths of the ocean, the whole sublime story of the heavens, are all parts of God’s self-expression. Above all, our own bodies themselves are part of nature, perhaps the most wonderful part of all; and probably the part about which we ourselves know least.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing and the breath of all mankind…With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
(Job 12:7-10, 13).
If we are to truly show respect for God and obey God’s will, then we must respect God’s creation. As the self expression (pressing out) of God into the physical world , it is part of God and therefore due all the sanctity that we invest in God. God’s creatures are part of that same self-expression and due the respect and protection due to all of God’s creation.
When we follow this truth, we will find that this creation and all its creatures can indeed reveal truths to us that we can not otherwise learn and will whisper understandings that we can not alone perceive otherwise. Then, we can walk in the garden that God created for us in peace, truth, wisdom and strength.
Listening to creation,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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