In Union with God and Creation

God is everywhere! He is everywhere; in the Church, or even in the deep of the jungle. It doesn’t matter where we pray or how we pray personally, God listens our prayer. For me, I like to pray outside and do meditation in nature. I like to do this kind of prayer because; I feel close to God in union with all creation, I feel a fresh air and get easier to concentrate in my prayer, and sometimes reduce my stress by praying with nature.

Pray outside in nature makes me feel close to God and His creation. I can feel His majesty and how wonderful He is; in a chirp of birds, sounds of frog and also crowing chicken. I feel close to God and nature in a deep feeling and sense Him in a live trees ‘dancing’ by the wind blow on them. I can smell a lot of unidentified strange smell of flowers, wood, and soil. I believe that’s showed me He exists in the creations.

The way I can get a good concentration on my prayer is praying in nature. When I pray outside in nature I will get a good air and fresh air on my breath. I fell the air blows on me and gives me fresh air through my hands, up to my neck and get on my head, it is always nourishes me, and off course this is healthy for my body. This makes me easier to concentrate.

Nature is always reducing my stress. Sometimes I cannot pray because I have a lot of things to do; I have paper works, letter, and visitation from the parishioners. Those kinds of job make me stress a lot. I need to have a good prayer and at the same time I need to reduce my stress. So the way I pray and get feeling better is praying outside, in nature.

I do believe that God is in union with nature and all His creation. I also want to be always in union with God and His creation by praying in nature. By this way; I can feel Him in union with creation, I can get my better concentration, and sometimes reduce my stress. So I suggest to all of us to find God in all creation too, in small way by praying in nature. You’ll get a lot of benefit of doing this!

-sahaja-