God's Creations

This past three day weekend, I was able to go down to Southern Utah 

with my family to experience Arches National Park and Goblin Valley State Park.

I had been to Arches before, but not for about 12 or 13 years, 

and I don't think I've ever been to Goblin Valley.

And let me tell you, it was breathtaking:

I got into a conversation with my cousin Brianne about how gorgeous and incredible it all was, and how to us, it manifested the truth of God and His hand in the Creation of this world.

Maybe some of you would look at rock formations and think about science: weathering and erosion and all that.

And I would agree with you.

But there is something divine inside me that flutters when I see the beauty of this world.

I know there are a lot of opinions out there on the Creation and Evolution and the Big Bang and all kinds of other theories, and I won't spend too much time here preaching my exact beliefs on how this earth came to be about (although if you want to know, read Genesis 1-3). 

Instead, I will spend this time celebrating our world the way I see it:

 as a place filled with God-touched wonder and beauty.

I look around and I see life.

I see trees sighing as a gentle breeze whisks away their morning dewdrops.

I see a rushing river that chases the light of the dying sun.

I see a mountain stretching skyward, its face changing with the seasons.

I see a sky so vast and heavenly, I feel closer to God just by looking at it.

And I see God's children - as much a part of this beautiful world as the rocks and trees and sky.

There is a hymn that expresses better than I can the marveling feeling I get when I view God's creations, and a woman I respect for many reasons, her voice being one of the least of them, sings it amazingly. Please enjoy, and I hope you feel that flutter of divine creation within you as you do so.

God's creations are beautiful. They are awe-inspiring, divinely touched, and part of His incredible Plan of Happiness.

And you are one of His beautiful, awe-inspiring, divinely touched creations.

 

So take a moment to go outside and appreciate all of the wonderful creations God has blessed us with.

And then look in the mirror and celebrate one more.