Centuries of Meditations, 2.67

Suppose a river, or a drop of water, an apple or a sand, an ear of
corn, or an herb: God knoweth infinite exellencies in it more than we: He
seeth how it relateth to angels and men; how it proceedeth from the most
perfect Lover to the most perfectly Beloved; how it representeth all His
attributes; how it conduceth in its place, by the best of means to the best
of ends: and for this cause it cannot be beloved too much. God the Author
and God the End is to be beloved in it; Angels and men are to be beloved in
it; and it is highly to be esteemed for all their sakes. O what a treasure
is every sand when truly understood! Who can love anything that God made too
much? What a world would this be, were everything beloved as it ought to be!

Thomas Traherne

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Posted by unknowing on July 16, 2006

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