I recall when I was in Jerusalem studying a subject called 'Palestine of Jesus 'at St George's Cathedral, how the lecturer referred to the landscape, the places of the bible like the Sea of Galilee, the Old City, the Mount of Olives etc as the 5th gospel. I could really relate to that and it brought so much of the biblical stories of Jesus alive. As I was out walking earlier I walked across the grass of the hillside and sat awhile on the seat at the top and form there I could survey the valleys and plains and the glorious Brindabella mountains, a landscape of green, low morning mist, the full pond from recent rains and the beauty in the finer things such as the wild flowers and the the red rump finches and I decided to call it all the 6th gospel because in it all was God. Martin Luther wrote: God writes the gospel not in the bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.
Grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ
Anne, servant of the Lord
All of nature is a gospel.
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