“We have grown dull toward this world in which we live; we have forgotten that it is not normal or scientific in any sense of the word. It is fantastic. It is fairy tale through and through. Really now. Elephants? Caterpillars? Snow? At what point did you lose your wonder at it all.

“Even so, once in a while somethign will come along and shock us right out of our dullness and resignation.

“We come rounda corner, and there before us is a cricket, a peacock, a stag with horns as big as he. Perhaps we come upn a waterfall, the clouds have made a rainbow in a circle round the sun, or a mouse scampers across the counter, pauses for a moment to twitch its whiskers at you, and disappears into the cupboard. and for a moment we realize that we were born into a world astonishing as any fairy tale.

“A world made for romance.

“Creation unfolds like a great work of art, a masterpiece in the making. And just as you can learn about an author by the stories he tells, you can learn a great deal about an artist from the workds he creates. Surely you see that God is more creative than we can possibly imagine, and romantic to the core. Lovers and honeymooners choose places like Hawaii, the Bahamas, or Tuscany as a backdrop for their love. But whose idea was Hawaii, the Bahamas, or Tuscany?

“Let’s bring this a little closer to home. Whose idea was it to create the human form in such a way that a kiss could be so delicious? And he didn’t stop there, as only lovers know.”

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“Take the best romantic scenes you’ve ever seen, life them out of time and space, and you have something of Eden.”

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“God creates us in his image, with powers like unto his own – the ability to reason, to create, to share intimacy, to know joy. He gives us laughter and wonder and imagination. And above all else, he endows us with that one quality for which he is most known…He enables us to love.”

So, wouldn’t it be great if we could help the campers to marvel at the world around them and really soak in it’s beauty? Then to begin looking at it as a place specifically designed by God for us to fall in love with Him? And then to realize that this incredible, romantic God has given us the ability to love Him and others as well? I’m just saying…