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Veer, Arie van der
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- Author
- Veer, Arie van der
- Publisher
- Uitgeverij Van Wijnen
- ISBN
- 9789051943054
- Language
- Dutch
- Condition notes
- 2007, 96 pp, hardback
- Category
- Textbooks › Spirituality
About this book
Who doesn’t enjoy watching a lapwing soaring over the meadows, or a brightly coloured butterfly in your own back garden? If you keep an eye out, there is an endless array of God’s beautiful creation to discover right around your own home. Rev. Arie van der Veer loves to study the Bible, but takes just as much pleasure in watching the birds in his garden or on the water in front of his house. In this collection, he reflects on what the Bible tells us about creation. He not only rediscovers the beauty of God’s creation, but also realises that this creation is brimming with references to the Creator of life. By looking around at creation, you learn, for example, that God guides your life, that God cares for you, and that dying is ultimately life. That deeper understanding of nature doesn’t just come to you: “Understanding nature takes time. You have to be able to be still. You must let your eyes take it all in. And, above all, you must learn to listen carefully. But if you can do that, a whole new world will open up to you.” Creation: there is much to learn from it. And you are also called upon to care for it! These meditations call on us to take our care for creation seriously. “You cannot do whatever you like with creation. It is God’s creation. It has been entrusted to us. We are responsible for it. Animals, forests and rivers can count on our care.” With Sjon Heijenga’s stunning nature photographs, it is not difficult, whilst leafing through this collection, to discover and experience something of God’s good creation.