I love the earth.  I don’t worship it, but I DO love it.  Whenever Ed and I have the opportunity to vacation, we always pick beautiful places where we can get outside.  Cities are okay for certain things, but if we have a few days of “down time ” you will find us somewhere outdoors…hiking, picnicing, breathing fresh air, enjoying the handiwork of our Creator.

And wherever we go, I am always listening…listening to the earth.  It speaks.  It cries out for the manifestation of the sons of Yahweh. (Romans 8:19) And when those sons begin to hear that plea and to respond to that, a sound of harmony and order is released.  There are many scriptures that speak of this truth: all the earth shall worship Thee…the earth is glad, and sings…it trembles and rejoices…the mountains and the hills break forth with rejoicing…the trees clap their hands! (misc. Psalms)

We feel this truth most passionately on the land that we own and inhabit just north of Panama City, Florida.  Our Heritage Farm.  Our Promised Land.  Ed tells of when he was a ten year old boy walking barefooted in his grandmother’s turnip patch one fall day.  He felt the dirt between his toes, felt the sun on his face, felt the wind to his back.  And suddenly he knew…he just KNEW…that he was put on the earth to own land…to love it…to husband it…to rule over it.  He did not know then what we know now about the commission to rule and reign with Christ, but he knew that his God-given purpose was tied to the earth, and he knew he would own his own farm one day.  His “bit of earth” was calling him that day, and he called back.

My husband was the first person I ever heard speak of the divine significance of owning land.  I have followed him into that revelation, into that love, into that passion.  We are lovers of land.  It speaks to us, and we speak back.  We sing together in harmony with the earth…songs of praise and wonder for our creative Father, Yahweh.

Recently, Ed and I were blessed to be able to visit a place we have dreamed of seeing for many years: Yellowstone National Park.   This special piece of land was the first national park to be established, and with 2.2 million acres, it is still the 8th largest.  It is one of the most beautiful, passionate, uninhibited places I have ever been.  And, oh, the sound that can be heard coming from that place!  Click the YouTube link below and enjoy the short video we have of a few of the photos we took while in Yellowstone.

And may these few, simple words bring to your attention the truth that the earth is crying out.  He who has ears to hear…let him hear.

Yellowstone