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Friday, October 23, 2009 6:10 PM CDT
CLERGY VIEWS: Thanking God
for personal 'natural wonders of the world'

By Rev. Sharon Patton, Old State Road Christian Church

There is a story by an unknown author about a teacher who assigned her class the task of listing the seven natural wonders of the world. The class set about completing their assignment. When they had completed the assignment they could go outside for recess.

Soon all the children were finished, except for one little girl. She was still at her desk writing. Finally, the little girl finished and joyfully announced she was done. She went out to play with the other children.

The teacher, who was curious about what the little girls had written, picked up the paper and began to read. The list the little girl had completed read: seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, running, laughing, and loving.

Few of us think of these human activities as being natural wonders. Nor do we give consideration to the fact that these activities are gifts from our Creator. Without these natural wonders our lives would be very limited.

Many of us, as we age, lose some of our natural ability to see or hear. Even taste may be impaired somewhat as we age. But what would it be like to not be touched, or to not be able to touch? What is it like to not run? Or laugh? Or love? And do we thank God for these natural wonders?

We take all these natural wonders for granted in our everyday world. We were born with these natural wonders and we simply take them for granted they will always be present in our world.

Rather than taking these wonders for granted we should thank God for each and everyday that we experience the joy they bring for each wonder allows us to live more completely.

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medic57 wrote on Oct 26, 2009 8:11 AM:

" Very nice. "