I do this because at heart, I am basically a 65 year old man, and also because there is a certain connection that I feel with God when I am in nature.
All creations reveal something about their creator (Romans 1:18 & Psalms 119). While this is often spoken of in reference to God's creation, it is also true of man's creation.
Today we find ourselves living in this creation. On the exterior it is made of roads and buildings; technology and cars and music. On it's insides, it's rooted in all sorts of motives, both good and evil. The invention is molded and crafted by every kind of person: the righteous, the wicked, the perverse, and the merely misguided. Since ancient times when Cain built the first city, we have been trying our hand at creating some sort of makeshift milieu to call home.
These creations reflect their makers and often resound with ambition, lust, and greed. Upheaval, tumult and occasionally some deceptive brand of moralism are also usually part of the framework. I mean you can actually feel these things when you are walking down the street. In nature I see the brushstrokes of another artist, I see beauty, peace, and rest. Somehow I feel love and trust when I am there. When I am there it makes sense to me why it all started in a garden.
If we are to know Christ we must abandon the former creation, in pursuit of the latter. We must abandon the civilized in pursuit of the primitive. In the wilderness like so many great men of faith before us, we will find God, and perhaps even ourselves in the process.
When I am walking there I see other people in the park, they are always trying to accomplish something. They are trying to lose weight, or teach their sons how to play baseball, or walk their dog. I usually let them pass me on the path as I continue my search for a more elusive and eternal prize...
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