Have I Seen God ?
Have I seen God? Yes, I have. Through out this world I can
see the pure majestic nature of God’s Spirit. As the world
turns and travels in its orbit, and with the coming and going of every
season, God is there. I hear God’s song in the babbling brook of
melting snow. I see God and His glory in the meadow, when spring
flowers bloom. As the summer sun shines down on me, I feel the warmth
God has given to the earth. I hear God’s footsteps echoing through
the mountain valleys. I smell the fragrance of God as flowers give
forth their perfume. I hear God’s whisper in the dust devils drifting
through the desert. I see the presence of God when the wheat waves
in the wind and the corn stands high. I hear rustling as God walks
through the fallen leaves of autumn. In the winter, when the snow
has covered the wooded hills, one can rise early and see God’s handy work
in the early morning light. His eternal holiness is evident as the
winter snows blanket the landscapes where no man has walked.
God is indeed everywhere. In the deepest part of the wilderness --
as a raindrop nourishes a wildflower -- as a leaf falls from
a tree -- as a snowflake drifts toward the earth ---- God
is standing there. If one should leap into the surrounding cosmos,
one could witness God’s artistic nature. From the smallest atom to
the grandest expanses of space, you can see God’s hand.
I feel the presence of God in all of life. I have seen His work in
the healing and salvation of mankind. Where ever there is a miracle,
there is God. You can see God in the triumphant struggles of soldiers
at war. You can see God in their victory and in their defeat.
When the laborer toils and gives his all to the task at hand -- there is
God.
Through all life’s endeavors I have seen God. I see God in the lives
of those around me, and in the deaths of those I have known. Man
experiences joy and happiness - successes and triumphs - sadness and tears
- loss and defeat --- and in all of ttheese, there is God.
I saw God the day my wife said yes to my proposal. I felt God the
day we were married. I sensed God at the birth of each one of my
children. I communed with God when my children conquered their various
illness -- from simple colds to tumors and heart problems.
Throughout my life God has always been there, even when I wasn’t aware.
Sometimes God is bold and sometimes He is subtle -- but He is always there.
When I am a little older and my body is stiff and cumbersome, and my time
on this earth is done -- I shall lie myself down upon my bed to sleep
and I shall awaken to a new world. I will walk up to Him whom I
have heard and felt all my life. Then I will touch His face and be
embraced by God’s eternal love.
~ ~ Simon West
© 6 November, Nineteen
Hundred and Ninety-Nine
