I am in my spot. I will post a picture sometime in this spot. A place where God just seems to speak.
Over the past few months, I have never seen anything like it. Have you?
Sunrises, sunsets, moons, cloud formations. More color, shapes, intensity, details, and grandeur than I can remember ever seeing. I am having a hard time describing what I have seen and more importantly what I feel.
Have you seen it?
A Picture is Worth… Nothing
I am grateful for the pictures I can take on my phone. Light years ahead of any camera I had growing up. However, there is something else I’ve noticed about the new artwork that I am seeing in the sky. It really can’t be captured or replicated, just not the same as what my eyes and senses are seeing.
I am reminded that some things need to be experienced and carried on in the heart.
So, Who is Responsible?
Of all the characteristics and attributes we can ascribe to God, He certainly is a creator. Read Genesis 1:1 through 31, starting with the four most powerful words ever recorded: “In the beginning God.” God put the work in for 6 days making something out of nothing. How did he create? He spoke and it was so. Then after taking a day off, He hasn’t stopped, it’s His nature.
As in the beginning, God is still speaking and calling us to join Him in creation. Sometimes it is as easy as looking up and recognizing the majesty of what we are seeing.
So, when I see these wonders in the sky, is God doing something new or am I just learning to “see” them in a new way?
Probably a little of both.
“The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.”
–Psalm 19: 1 & 2, NIV.
I will do no less.
If the stars were made to worship so will I
If the mountains bow in reverence so will I
If the oceans roar Your greatness so will I
For if everything exists to lift You high so will I
If the wind goes where You send it so will I
If the rocks cry out in silence so will I
If the sum of all our praises still falls shy
Then we’ll sing again a hundred billion times
“So Will I (100 Billion X)” – Hillsong United (Lyrics and music written by Benjamin William Hastings, Michael John Fatkin, Joel Timothy Houston.)
God is the greatest creator. I believe he will never be finished. He delights in our delight. His creations are what make me who I am by how I allow them to affect me. The pallet is constantly changing as well as the materials he uses. Just look weather in Ohio. God uses his paint brush moment by moment, to bring the season we are in, to life. We are blessed to be able to worship his majestic works, observe the changing beauty and rest in the peace of the changing pictures.
Yes, we believe that He will never be finished, constant and on-going. Thank you Lisa!
God is the greatest creator. I believe he will never be finished. He delights in our delight. His creations are what make me who I am by how I allow them to affect me. The pallet is constantly changing as well as the materials he uses. Just look weather in Ohio. God uses his paint brush moment by moment, to bring the season we are in, to life. We are blessed to be able to worship his majestic works, observe the changing beauty and rest in the peace of the changing pictures.
What a beautiful reminder of who is really in control. I look at each one of those pictures and think of the uniqueness of each one. Although I am not in Monroe Mi anymore, I am reminded of all those places I so once traveled back and forth and it’s a bit of a comfort for sure of the places and people that filled my life with love, encouragement and joy that overflowed from a love of God that was working in them to serve and be those hands and feet of Jesus.
What breath taking beauty that we can be in awe of our creator through the stroke of color and majesty of his almighty hand at work each day. May we be reminded each day not to take the everyday landscape of his greatness and dismiss it without giving thanks for how he wants us to see him in all his creation. Sometimes that’s all we have at times to encourage us to move forward to the next level of trust and obedience to the call he is asking all of us to move into.
Take time to look up and remind ourselves, He’s there, he sees and he is a good Father. Receive all the good things he has provided for us and remind ourselves we are not alone.
Beautifully captured Tim. Thanks for the reminder.
Thank you Deb for your amazing and Godly insights. You are a gift!