I think my favorite thing about following Jesus would've been the way he used things in the world around himself to point to God. He had created all of it and so he knew it intimately, and he understood that it all pointed to God and existed to give God glory. The whole of creation tells a story, and Jesus cared enough to listen. Nowadays, it's so easy to get lost in ourselves, in whatever story that we are telling, that we miss the story creation is telling, that nature is singing, because we're so focused on the critical nature of here and now. Jesus slows us down, takes us into the natural world, and makes us look around, makes us listen, and then takes all of the strands in the world and shows us how they lead back to God.
So as we walk, as we wait, may we listen, may we watch, and see how the world is pointing us to Christ. It takes a slow heart to hear such cries, but it's an investment worth making!
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