Nature Love Is Self-Love, For Healthy Organs and Secretions

I The former Minister said, "You are born out of the world," Not into it! Think of a flower, How is it born? Myriads of marvelous blooms are born into the world And we, humans, want to be sui generis, alone! II When you think of a wonderful waterfall, serene Your (thyroid &) internal organs calibrate your fuel efficiently By forsaking angry thoughts, envy ... you are naturally Healing your body & mind, or slowing their decay III Loving Nature, thanking plant & animal as you say Grace Much as Amerindians did before, during, after hunt & growth So close were they (but without Jesus), sensing Spirit in all Perhaps erring only in valuing Creation more than tribal foes IV So while I celebrate a natural life, tuned to the universe I believe the words in Scripture (Romans 1) Free-willed humans worship created things, idols made by us Not the Creator, who gave all tribes rules to control NUMBER 1 V In concluding this sermon of a poem, readers I evoke a smile from you, about social distancing: We have been practicing it for too long with Nature When COVID19 returns humans to more "natural managing."