Ever started both the washer and the dishwasher, and then tried to wash pans in the sink? I could just about hear the water faucet laughing at me as it dribbled a tiny stream from the tap.
Ahh…the wonders of finally having a good night’s sleep and energy again! It’s gloriously sunny outside, after an awe-full wind/rain/thunderstorm last night. Weather is such a wonderful thing isn’t it? Last night on the way to church I was amazed by a huge array of clouds and shadows and light and sunshine spilling through them to create light beams streaming down to earth. Words fail me. Small and insignificant does not even start to describe how I felt. At times like these, the inadequacy of language seems to be blasphemy.
How blessed we are to be allowed to behold such beauty. God has richly blessed this world. When I meditate on all the wonders I have been privileged to see even in this little corner of the world, I must stand in awe of the Creator. However, an even greater realization came to me when I was standing on Fraser Island last June. Fraser Island is barely inhabited, and fairly remote. As we watched the sun set over the ocean, and then journeyed inland to Lake Mackensie, it struck me that this beauty isn’t only just around for us to see! (I know, brilliant observation, right?) Yet to think, that God has created all these wonders for Himself! They are constantly there, constantly beautiful, constantly breathtaking, whether anyone is there to see them or not! How many sunsets, sunrises, awe-inspiring vistas, little moments of glory and love, are not even noticed or seen by human eyes. God didn’t necessarily create this beauty for us, as some people intimate. He first and foremost created it for Himself! This beautiful world is created solely for His honor and glory and pleasure! How privileged we are to be able to glimpse it! We are so unutterably unworthy of this great honor. I know, I know, I am not the first to think this, feel this, and know this. In fact, it is sure to be common knowledge that I am only slow to understand. I am humbled, and my stuttering tongue wishes to be truly grateful.
What a glorious world is this earth! What hath God wrought! Yet to think, that ear has not heard, nor eye has not seen, neither has it entered into the heart of man, what God has prepared for them that love Him! What jealousy!
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