I had a “moment” this morning.

I had just sat down to start some quiet time, and looked out the window.  The dogwood tree and mock orange bush weren’t moving.  The trees across the street were still.  Not even the trees I could see over the rooftops.  Nothing was moving.  Except…  A block away.  Over the rooftops.  There was one tree.  One large oak.  Maybe fifty to 60 feet tall.  Swaying.  The pines next to it were not; they were as still as everything else.  But that one oak.  It looked it was waving.  “Hi, God.”

Everyone remembers one line from A Few Good Men.  But this morning I was drawn to what Jack Nicholson said after that one.  Colonel Jessep says he won’t explain himself to someone who lives under his protection but questions how he provides it.  Then he says, “I would rather that you just said ‘thank you’ and went on your way…”  That tree was saying, “Thank you.”

In Luke 19 we read that, when the Pharisees told Jesus to tell his disciples to be quiet, Jesus said if they do, then the rocks would cry out.  This morning I saw nature testify of its Creator.  Tomorrow, be like a majestic oak.  Give the Lord a wave offering.