As Paul wrote in Romans 1, God's creation in nature provides multitudes of examples of beauty that reveal countless lessons and impressions about our Creator.

To deny our souls this pleasure is like denying our bodies healthy food. Eventually our bodies will become unhealthy if we neglect them. So our souls will shrivel and die if they are not fed on the beauty, love, and delight of life that God created.

Satan would love for us to block out the miraculous evidence of God's creative genius, which speaks volumes to us of his constant presence and reality. To resist this temptation, we must remove those things in our lives and schedules that put blinders on our souls' eyes. We must engage with his very present, physical reality through what he has created us to observe every day.

Share in the comments your favorite way to engage with God's beauty and presence in your everyday life. Do you plan time to walk outside? Or tend to your garden? Or listen to rain on the roof, plan picnics in the spring? I want to hear from all of you!

Read more about this in Dancing With My Heavenly Father.