Beauties of Creation

We give you thanks, most gracious God, for the beauty of the earth and sky and sea; for the richness of mountains, plains and rivers; for the songs of birds and the loveliness of flowers. We praise you for these good gifts and pray that we may safeguard them for our posterity. Grant that we may continue to grow in our grateful enjoyment of your abundant creation, to the honour and glory of your name, now and forever.
The Book of Common Prayer 1549

There's not a plant or flower below but makes Thy glories known,
And clouds arise, and tempests blow by order from Thy throne;
While all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care;
And everywhere that we can be, Thou, God, art present there.
Isaac Watts 1674‑1748 Divine and Moral Songs for Children

All that is sweet, delightful, and amiable in this world, in the serenity of the air, the fineness of seasons, the joy of light, the melody of sounds, the beauty of colours, the fragrancy of smells, the splendour of precious stones, is nothing else but Heaven breaking through the veil of this world.
William Law 1686‑1761 Rules for Living a Holy Life

The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours.
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon.
William Wordsworth 1770‑1850 The world is too much with us

This is my Father's world: He shines in all that's fair;
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass, He speaks to me everywhere.
Maltbie D Babock (1858‑1901) This is my Father's world

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.
George Washington Carver 1864‑1943

We need to find God, but we cannot find him in noise or in excitement. See how nature, the trees, the flowers, the grass grow in deep silence. See how the stars, the moon and the sun all move in silence.
Mother Teresa 1910‑1997

The same God who commanded us to love one another also commands us to work and take care of the garden. Here, humans find that God has delegated to them authority and responsibility to protect and preserve what we do not own, what belongs to God. God did not abdicate ownership. Rather, God appointed a steward, a caretaker. Justice demands that the steward faithfully execute the assigned responsibility.
George D McKinney, Jnr 1931‑

God intends our care of creation to reflect our love for the Creator.
John Stott 1921‑