ldquo Look Papa Those trees are waving at God rdquo As we watched young birches bending in the wind before an oncoming storm my grandson rsquo s excited observation made me smile It also made me ask myself Do I have that kind of imaginative faith Reflecting on the story of Moses and the burning bush the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote that ldquo Earth rsquo s crammed with heaven And every common bush afire with God But only he who sees takes off his shoes rdquo God rsquo s handiwork is evident all around us in the wonders of
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