National Geographic had a story with this title: “Letting Kids Run Wild Outside is Surprisingly Good for their Brains.” Harvard Medical School published a report entitled, “Six Reasons Children Need to Play Outside.” The Washington Post wrote on the same subject: “How Time in Nature Builds Happier, Healthier, and More Social Children.”

Many children spend too much time sitting on couches, looking at screens, and playing video games. How they need to be outside more, under God’s sky, climbing His trees, running across His grass, blowing the tufts off His dandelions!

But wait! It’s not just children that need more time outdoors. It’s you and me too! God has given us two sources of revealed truth—His Written Word and His world of nature. We can learn much about Him by looking at His manifold works, crafted with omniscient wisdom. The whole earth is full of His glory!

This summer spend more time outdoors—and if you have kids, take them along!

One of the central teachings of Scripture is that the natural world is not at all natural. It is the creation of a supernatural God. What we routinely call “nature” is in fact “creation.”
T. M. Moore