I was encourage by these words sent by a friend.

“Comprehension of the invisible begins with the visible. Praying to God begins by looking at a tree. The deepest relationship of which we are capable has its origin in the everyday experience of taking a good look at what is in everybody’s backyard. We are not launched into the life of prayer by making ourselves more heavenly, but by immersing ourselves in the earthy; not by formulating abstractions such as goodness, beauty, or even God, but by attending to trees and tree toads, mountains and mosquitoes.

We come to the prayer book of the bible of the Bible to get training in prayer and the first directive is: “Go find yourself a tree, sit down in front of it, look at it long and thoughtfully.” Prayer begins not with what we don’t see, but what we do see. Prayer begins in the senses, in the body, in geography, in botany………”- Eugene Peterson in Answering God (Psalms)

Have a great day and go find yourself a tree, or a pumpkin this weekend.

Markku