"But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars." This is such a beautiful line in Emerson's "Nature." When Emerson thinks of the stars he wonders whether they were actually created for the pleasure of man to sit and gaze at them, going so far to describe them as "sublime." I love this idea that when we are alone with Nature, we can truly see the beauty of it and how it was created with us in mind. I think that God created the world for us to not only live on and thrive on, but also to enjoy the beauty and peacefulness of the mountain ranges and valleys, the hills and the flat plains, the rivers and lakes and trees. They were all created for us to enjoy and explore and preserve.
I commented on Henry Torbert's post.
I definitely agree! I think God created the Earth for our enjoyment but also to depict himself to us through tangible, beautiful, and incredible things.
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