Take a Walk Outdoors Day (Psalm 96)

I like this holiday!  As an avid camper, one of the many activities I like to perform is hiking.  But I don't have to limit myself to walking and enjoying the outdoors only while I'm camping.  In the City of Fort Worth, there are many city parks dotting the landscape and hiking trails snaking their way through the area.  There are so many, I am without excuse for not taking advantage of the beauty which surrounds me.  I firmly believe the earth (creation) gives testimony to the living God, proof there is a creator.  The odds all this came about through evolution are even worse than that of winning the lottery.  I have a better chance of winning the lottery, than the probability some mystical primordial ooze began evolving in to what I see today.  Take the time for a walk in the outdoors, and rejoice in what God has made.  Give Him praise and worship for life and all the blessings He has given you.

Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.
Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and glory are in his sanctuary.
Ascribe to the Lord, all you families of nations, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe tot he Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into his courts.
Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth
Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns."
The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.
Let the heaves rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
Let the fields be jubilant and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.
Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Psalm 96

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