| Friday, September 22, 2006 |
| The small answers. |
I really love being surrounded by nature. When I think about all the reasons i'm in love with the beauty around me i'm always confronted with how much it reminds me of God. Mountain peaks enormous, rising above the landscape like giants among the trees below. Rivers running like illuminated silk in the sun over smooth velvet stones, clouds forming in the heavens gathering rain to bring moisture and nourishment for the greens below. Wow. God's canvas is like a painting for us to discover as we allow ourselves to become more open to his creation.
God's beauty isn't solely found in nature, however. Created in the image of God, he enables us to create beauty as well. It's one of the greatest ways we can glorify him while we're on this earth. The human mind is a wealth of ideas ready to fulfill our need to be more like him. I myself find this fascinating. Do you ever look around and admire the incredible structures throughout the cities of the world? Glass and cement reaching to the sky or cathedrals that illuminate and almost seem to shout from the walls the very existance of God himself. Beautiful bridges that span across waterways, and ships that sail to the ends of the seas and back.
The funny thing is I don't think half the world realizes that this beauty and ingenuity comes from a living God alive in our soul who is willing to allow them to have a special place in the universe. A place they were created to fill. Alot of people overlook these everyay wonders and pass them off as ordinary, or mundane, like they are just another part of the day they will eventually sleep off and once well rested revisit all over again. Now i'm not saying that everywhere we go and within everything we do we should have this redicoulous sense of awe and wonder, but it would be quite amazing if the enitrety of the world understood the meaning and reason behind the drive to create and be surrounded by greatness.
As Christians I think it is our great privelege to be able to share with people why they are fearfully made to imitate and glorify a God who not only brought them into existance, but wants to love and share with them an eternity of light and perfection.
A God who allows us to partake in the ongoing beauty that will forever be Him.
The world is full of people that are waiting for the small answers that God reveals to us everyday, and I do believe by listening to and sharing what those answers may bring, we can begin to share what the life of Christ has to offer.
Missy. last remembered on 9/22/2006 12:47:00 PM
