Sir Francis Bacon advised, “Reading maketh a whole man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.” He forgot that travel makes a complete and wise man. I travel at every opportunity.
I cherish the beauty of the open skies, the mellifluous chirping of birds, the charm and fragrance of blossoming flowers, and the giant redwoods that preside over forests like the god Zeus. Nature is truly awesome and wonderful. Proof that the world is God’s creation, that the Book of Genesis is fact.
“’Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.’ So, God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good .
.. And God said, ‘Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.
’ And it was so.” All the artistic geniuses together, including Michelangelo, Leonardo and Titian, are nothing compared with God’s transfixing handiwork. The lyrics of “America the Beautiful” speak volumes: O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! Travel makes you humble.
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