One of the gifts of Christian vocabulary are the various words we have beginning with the prefix “re”. Here a just a few; “redemption”, “restoration”, “resurrection”, “revelation”, and “renewal”. The prefix re-, which means “back” or “again” affirm the opportunity afforded to creation and us, as those made in God’s image, to a reawakened confidence in the inherent goodness of life.
Another “re” word that helps us to express life’s goodness is “recreation”. This word comes from the Latin “recreare”, which means “to refresh, restore, make anew, revive, invigorate”.
The summer months are a time when we celebrate the recreation of the physical world with the unfolding of nature in its beauty and rich diversity. Psalm 65 celebrates the recreation of the earth in this evocative language:

9 You visit the earth and water it,
you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
you provide their grain,
for so you have prepared it.
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
and blessing its growth.
11 You crown the year with your bounty;
the tracks of your chariot overflow with richness.
12 The pastures of the wilderness drip,
the hills gird themselves with joy,
13 the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,
the valleys deck themselves with grain,
they shout and sing together for joy.