![Natural bridge at Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor, Oregon](https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8315/29142377542_aec16ec595.jpg)
Natural bridge at Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor, Oregon
“Taste and see that the Lord is good” (Psalm 34:8a)
Tasting and seeing – that’s experiencing. It’s more than a physical sensation in your mouth and running your eyes across something. It’s an experience of the Most High God that leads us to know that God is good.
![Flower along the Potash Road, Utah](https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5042/5241517440_706c3db224.jpg)
Flower along the Potash Road, Utah
While there are many ways to experience God – to taste Him and see Him – I want to focus on one aspect.
We can taste, see, and experience the things that God has made. It’s the thing that causes our hearts to rejoice in a brilliant sunrise, to cry out in praise over the majesty of a view, or to be in awe at the delicateness of a flower or rock formation.
![Rock formations along the Echo Canyon Trail in Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2868/11355231134_6740721d5c.jpg)
Rock formations along the Echo Canyon Trail in Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona
Our hearts are crying out, “God, I have tasted and I have seen! You are good!”
![Fisher Towers, Utah](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4119/4857715960_1ff27a4c8f.jpg)
Fisher Towers, Utah
We can take the experience one step further by touching the things around us… a smooth pebble, a crackling dried leaf, the coarseness of sandstone, the icy cold of a mountain stream, the springy fuzziness of moss, the damp roughness of tree bark; it’s all around us, the experience of the things God has made.
![Berries near the Willowwood Arboretum, New Jersey](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7859/45737806835_bdd6788c7e.jpg)
Berries near the Willowwood Arboretum, New Jersey
If we allow our hearts to respond, we can whisper with certainty, “You are good.”