Beauty around me

Beauty around me

“The heavens declare the glory of God;
    the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”

Living in a city, I often forget to raise my eyes and look up. The stars, the moon and the deep blue sky offer a breathtaking view that forces me to stop and think. What an artistic creator we have! So many details  and, although He is the One who made the universe, he still cares for us, so small in comparison to all the rest. The psalmist says:“When I consider your heavens,  the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,  what is mankind that you are mindful of them,  human beings that you care for them” (Psalm 8: 3,4).

I had the opportunity to visit Arizona over the 4^th of July week end with my husband and that gave me so many opportunities to meditate on these verses. When you sit in front of the Grand Canyon, when you see for the first time the Horseshoe, how can you doubt of the Lord’s almighty hand?? My first though was “those who say there is no God have never been here!”. The same attention for details that our Father had in shaping the rocks was used to create me and you:

 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.  Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalm 139:13, 16)

 Isn’t it amazing news? The  Am I desires a personal relationship with us and wants to communicate His love for us in various ways. He “even put eternity in our hearts”! He even made a dream landscape for us to enjoy! Take a moment to seat outside one night this summer, turn all the lights off and contemplate the ones that are above you and let your Creator speak to you and surround you with His love!