TO KNOW GOD
Vincent Van Gogh, an artist who through his art and life pulled on our heartstrings,
said the best way to know God…is…to love many things…
I like that…I like to think that God is love…and that Vincent Van Gogh was right…
So I will list a few things that I love…and I’ll start with his Starry Night.
These are in no particular order….besides Van Gogh…I love Monet
I love rabbits, sunrises, chocolate…I love the night…I love the day
I love to read a good book, I love my wife, my friends…my family….
I love toasting marshmallows over a campfire…I love games and poetry.
I love strolling along the beach, donuts, holidays, walking in the rain.
I love trees and birds and sunsets…I love the whistle of a train.
I love love dogs and cats, I love to travel…I love that one time we flew first class!
I love kindness, pizza, art, music, I love the smell of new mown grass.
I love when our house is full of people laughing, I love taking naps
I love cookies, bookstores, clouds and stars…I love looking at a map.
I love the silence of the morning…I love a good road trip
I love hugs and babies and candy bars…I love tall sailing ships.
I like to think with each thing I love I name…this never-ending list I am compiling…
That, if Vincent’s right and God is love…then somewhere he is smiling.
Could this be what she intended….the way he operates….
Because the more time I spend loving things…the less time I have to hate.
Hmmmm the more I love…the closer I am to God…
I love that I finally understand it…
and I love that I also know why God is smiling…
Because…that’s just the way she planned it.
Copyright © Jim Yerman | Year Posted 2025
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