Blog 5

One of the parts of the novel that really stood out to me was when Celie was addressing one of her letters. She writes, “Dear God. Dear stars, dear trees, dear sky, dear peoples. Dear everything. Dear God.” In Celie’s eyes God is not stagnant. He is in everything around her. She recognizes His presence in all things, not out of a deep connection with Him but just simply with the recognition that He is God. God’s hand has moved among creation; among the fields and the flowers and the trees and among His people. He has painted the stars and spun the galaxies. There is nothing that He has not touched. Celie’s recognition of this is simple. There is not an elaborate explanation, there is simply a title and that title refers to God as all things whether or not she realizes it. Celie does not just simply see God in nature, but in everything, including her fellow human beings

            This is almost shocking that would recognize God in the people around her. One would think that she would be overwhelmed with her anger and bitterness towards them to even realize it, but she does realize it and it able to be thankful for His presence.