Friday, October 22, 2004

the beauty of costa rica

10/14
is everywhere i look and is visible even in the smiles on the faces of the children playing in the dirt. actually that's what's most beautiful. they have nothing, are literally dirt poor but they are so happy. brother plays with brother instead of invididuals spending time in solitary pursuits, ie game boys. the more we give our kids the less we give them.

i love trees and nature and it's awesome here. i had a 12' fig tree that was beautiful. i saw one here that's 300 plus years old and it's humungous. they are literally everywhere. and palm trees - oh palm trees - what more needs to be said. poinsettia's growing wild. everything we strive to grow in our homes are everywhere i look. bright, beautiful fragrant flowers. it's truly a garden of delight, beautiful lush greenery, a variety of beautiful birds and butterflies... would the garden of eden been more beautiful.

watching from above the lightning in the thunder clouds and now from below i´m in awe of God, of His power and the beauty of His creation and i´m thankful He has placed me in the garden ever so briefly.

1 comment:

Sue said...

It wasn't until we spent those two weeks in Costa rica that I realized the puny plants that we have in our houses could grow so big in their natural space. What does that say about us and our 'natural space' of abiding in Christ!?