In nature we see your grand plan, O God. It is amazing how simple, yet how complex is our Earth. What a beautiful planet You have given us to shelter and nurture us!

We see Your loving-kindness in the beauty of Nature: of sun shining down upon us through the green tree-tops, and of moon gracing the night with mystery . We understand more and more how inter-related is our ecosystem, how people, animals, and plants must exist together in harmony. 

It is all so natural. 

And, if we look inside our hearts, a similar map or plan exists for us internally. We are wondrously simple, yet complex as well. Our bodies and our spirits are a micro-cosm of the universe.
 
How shall we be virtuous? How shall we care for each other and our Mother Earth? 

It is all so simple. 

We need only remember that you are in all of Nature, O God, and that all virtues come from You. We need only look at the simplest and most meaningful of scriptures which state, "God is Love." 

Love is the key to everything for us. It is the key to relating to each other and with our world. When we look back on our lives with wisdom, we see how You have been leading us gently and most assuredly to this realization. 

Dear God, help us to purify our hearts and intentions, that in every moment of our days our thoughts and actions might be motivated by love, thus increasing harmony and balance throughout all the earth.

  

Michael D. Purvis, BME, is a graduate of Jordan College of Fine Arts, Butler University.  A poet, author, artist, composer, orchestrator, vocalist, instrumentalist, and recording artist, Mr. Purvis offers his inspiring original poems, journals, spiritual writings, lectures, songs, and musical compositions on CD, audio and video-cassette.  As well, Michael has authored accompanying books for his recordings, which feature printed text and often contain drawings and works of art. 

A native of Indianapolis, Mr. Purvis has tried his hand at teaching, and directing choirs, but finds he seems to have found his niche in being a versatile artist, and working with the elderly.  Michael has performed over 5000 musical programs in the central Indiana area for elders in various settings.  Mr. Purvis brings his versatility in the arts to his live programs and recordings, which feature poetry and readings, piano, guitar, banjo, recorder, and ukele playing- as well as wonderful singing of well-loved songs.

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