“Earth’s crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God;
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes –
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I love this imagery.
Today’s reading from Mark 4:26-29 reminded me of it.
This is how God’s world works, He is present in and behind and through it all!
Crammed in there, burning brightly through it.
The seed of God is growing, is showing, is blessing.
Today some people will delight in the Godness and goodness of everything…
Others will just pluck blackberries.