Here is a prayer story from the Vicarage.
Today two things happened to me in prayer. As I sat for my afternoon devotions on the porch (which generally last at least an hour) I was listening to my meditation music, and around the corner of the steps came a gopher.
He was as surprised to see me as I was to see him.
“Hello!” I said….and he was off like a shot.
It makes me happy that nature lives at my front door.
The second event happened around 6:30 P.M. as I was having my evening devotions. I was listening to the book of 1 Corinthians on my phone. The birds and the squirrels were gathered at the feeder eating supper.
Eight or ten doves and several squirrels and a chipmunk were happily munching at the birdseed. Then, they were off like a shot. The rodents…
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Lillie-Put 
You are blessed to live close to God’s beautiful, awesome creatures. Sometimes I see rabbits, squirrels and lizards in my hikes or hermit crabs in tide pools . It makes us wonder how God made them all because they each uniquely special. God bless.
I am loving the forest garden this year. I am so blessed God has allowed me to live here.
Always my dream to live close to nature that is just a backyard or door away. Perhaps one day.
There are many advantages to living in a rural area.