FORCES OF NATURE

JOYPEACE

One stands in awe at those mighty forces of nature over which human science and ingenuity have little or no control. The tides ebb and flow with no human power to disrupt their rhythm. The earth rotates on its axis, the constellations in their mighty orbits, the seasons in their order, and man adjusts himself to their movements. He cannot change the progression or succession of star and planet, of seed time and harvest, of life and dissolution. Happy is he who conforms to God’s order in the physical world, for though he cannot order the tides, he can harness their power; though he cannot change the seasons, he can cooperate with them for bountiful harvests; though he cannot prevent death, he can prepare for life eternal.