Not Only a Field (written by David Charles Kramer)
The field rests under God’s sky, quiet and unassuming, yet it proclaims His presence in every breath of wind. The grasses move together as though in a slow bow before their Maker, each stem part of a greater liturgy. Golden and green, they ripple like water stirred by an invisible hand, a living psalm that whispers without words: The earth is the Lord’s and all it holds. There is no striving here, no ambition. The field does not ask to be beautiful, and yet beauty overflows, because beauty is what God gives to His creation. The sky above the field is a deep, faithful blue, carrying the kind of purity that makes the heart lighter just by looking. A few clouds drift slowly across its expanse, untroubled, never in a hurry. They are not heavy with storms, but soft and playful, small parables written across the heavens. One looks like a hippie hugging a tree—arms wide, head thrown back, as if even the clouds want to remind us that creation is meant to be embraced. Another, farther off, re...