Outside of yuletide season, sometimes it takes terrible tragedy to get us to dislodge ourselves from the pew or the couch and actually do something for others. Hurricane Harvey’s devastation has motivated many thousands of people to roll up their sleeves and help, including neighbor helping neighbor.

Throughout my life as a born-again Christian and follower of Jesus, I’ve developed a theory about the secret power of nature. The wonderful impact being in nature has on us is a direct result of the fact that all of nature exists in full obedience to God.