In (Psalm 19:1) King David shares one of the most profound observations in all of Scripture when he states: “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” We know that our awesome God has two ways in which he reveals Himself to us. Clearly, the most important is special revelation. This speaks of God letting Himself be known to us through the written revelation contained in the Holy Bible. But the second type – natural revelation or nature – reveals attributes of His creative genius that should leave us in holy awe at the majesty of God’s creation. Indeed, whether we reflect on the vastness of our universe or the minuteness of a human cell both display beauty and complexity that only an all loving and powerful God could create.
As you reflect on the beauty of nature, from the following quotes, I ask you to pause and reflect on the marvels of nature and how they manifest the glory of God.1
“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.” – George Washington Carver
“Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.” – Mother Teresa
“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.” – e. e. cummings
“I’ve always regarded nature as the clothing of God.” – Alan Hovhaness
“I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.” – Joyce Kilmer
“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.” – Martin Luther
“Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.” – Henry Ward Beecher
1 All of these quotes are from the following website:
TOP 25 GOD AND NATURE QUOTES (of 76) | A-Z Quotes (azquotes.com)