Sitting by the babbling brook Open your heart and take a look There’s more out there than meets the eye If you only glance as you go by All sorts of things you will find If you’re looking with your heart and mind And don’t just use your eyes to seek Stop and listen to the creek It laughs and sings as it flows along Simple soothing in its song Inviting you to stay a while And watch and listen with a smile Birds sing joyfully in the trees Your skin caressed by a gentle breeze A little bug comes marching by Then spreads his wings away to fly Sitting here, you’re filled with peace And for a moment worries cease The sun goes down, day turns to night Now there’s a campfire blazing bright It smokes and crackles, sizzles, pops Warms heart and soul as the temperature drops Inviting you to stay out late And life’s mysteries contemplate The daytime critters sleeping drift As the nocturnals take their shift Beagles snuggle to go to sleep Dreams of running their hearts keep Hollering frogs and chirping crickets Hide in nearby ponds and thickets Above, the stars brightly shine Been waiting all day for this time The things you’ll miss if you don’t know How to enjoy nature’s show Sit in silence, your heart tune To God and nature; with them commune God wants us to slow and listen To what on our hearts He has written To learn from nature not to worry Always rushing in a scurry Nature doesn’t spend its day Toiling hard to find its way Nor does it ever seem to shirk From its share of God-given work It simply lives as God intended Never worried or offended Just doing what God told it to Being and example to me and you Each creature with the other living Each one taking but also giving Only doing what’s expected By their Creator not neglected Oh the lessons nature gives On how to trust and how to live
