My niece and I took a hike in one of our preserves here on Long Island. Shelter Island has a beautiful area known as Mashomack Preserve and we spent a couple of hours hiking through it's lovely forests and fields. As we walked along, we started talking about the Lord and how it's so crazy that anyone could not believe in an intelligent Creator. The world is too immense, to varied, too inter-dependent. How could anyone believe such a intricate and interlaced universe could be accidental!
At one point we just stood quietly. You could hear the sound of the waves falling against the shore, feel the golden sunshine warming our faces and smell the thick woods all around us. And I just had to give thanks. To acknowledge the amazing-ness of our Lord. What a blessing!
Whenever we start to doubt, we need only to look around, look at the sky, the trees, the wonder of our own bodies, our minds and know, there is someone behind it all. And that someone loves us! He proved it on the Cross.
Thank You Lord for the beauty around us. Even in the darkest of places, You make Yourself seen. Shadows and light are Your creation. Bricks and concrete, trees and flowers, mountains and oceans...the stars and the clouds, all made by Your hand. All given for our benefit. You are an amazing, creative, intelligent God. There is none like You! All those attributes are only surpassed by Your love. What a mighty God You are! Remind us often of Your greatness and surround us with Your love, especially when we start forgetting. In Jesus lovely Name. Amen.
Psalm 19:1-6 The heavens proclaim the glory of God, the skies display His craftmanship!
Make it a point today to see the Lord in what's around you.
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