Marvels of God in Nature
After a evening meeting a couple days ago, I saw a beautiful
bush with flowers. I actually went off the sidewalk and smelled the flowers.
I’m not a flower person, so I didn’t know that azaleas don’t smell. But they
did just a little, they were still beautiful and I took the time to appreciate
them. It actually made me feel good inside.
Anywhere we go – whether in a park where we can appreciate
the trees, the deer, the other little critters roaming around – or whether just
walking around the neighborhood and looking at the flowers that people plant.
God in His Wonder created all of that for His pleasure and for our pleasure. He
likes it when we appreciate what He has made and give Him the glory due His
Name.
Let’s see what else, in the United States we have the Grand
Canyon, we have majestic mountains (one that I’ve made it to the summit and one
to the base camp), beautiful meadows, the Appalachian Trail, the mighty Oceans
that house incredible creatures – colorful creatures, caverns that have such
beautiful stalactites and stalagmites inside the earth, the underground pools
of pure water, and even the creatures that live there. There’s the redwood forest with massive trees
that are hundreds of years old, Yosemite Park with massive waterfalls and granite cliffs and lakes, Carlsbad Cavern, Mammoth Cave, Mono Lake, Lake Champlain with majestic mountains
in the background, the Everglades, Florida Keys. We share Niagara Falls with our Northern
neighbors in Canada… well they actually have the biggest part.
Really, is there anywhere that we look that we cannot see
any beauty at all?
Even in the ‘worst parts’ of the city or town, we can find
beauty in the people we meet and smile at and see them smile back, in the
father walking the daughter or son down the street. We can find beauty in the
air that we breathe and the sun that is shining. A flower growing in the grass, the stain-glass of a church, a bird that sings it's song, geese flying through the air (just don't stand directly under their flight path)...
I just read a sign that said 'Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see'. Nice.
The whole world tells of His glory.
Holy is the Lord God Almighty - Chris Tomlin
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