See

"Earth's crammed with heaven....

and every common bush afire with God...

but only he who sees takes off his shoes."

 -Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I've been thinking about this poem a lot lately.  I love it.  It is so profound to me, and it makes me look at the world, and life, and people in a new way.  

(Earth's crammed with heaven)

There is so much beauty around us.  Beautiful blessings - things, sounds, experiences, people - that manifest God's love for us.  So many sacred and holy gifts from our Father in Heaven surround us every day.  Some are quite plain to see...

(and every common bush afire with God.)

...and others not so easy.  But they too testify of God.  They are also His.  

(but only he who sees takes off his shoes.)

only the person who will recognize these gifts no matter what form, size, or complexity they come in, and who will take the time to really see - to respect their beauty as something more magnificent than we can even comprehend:  truly heavenly - will show that respect and humility and meek understanding of the existence of a power beyond that of a man.  

How can we better see?