God saw all that he had made, and it was
very good ~ Gen 1:31a
I have a short walk to and from work sandwiching
my bus ride during the week and it’s always a joy to enjoy the beauty around
me. I love it especially when the sky turns into a canvas with strips of violet
crossing over to some hot pink spread across a hue of orange during sunset here
in Canberra.
Occasionally, some cotton-ball like cloud
puffs chug along, chasing each other across their infinite playground.
The world really is quite beautiful, the
way God made it. I do enjoy it a lot, possibly getting some funny stares from
people walking past when I suddenly chuckle or smile as I look around me.
However, it occurred to me one day that
this was not what I was made to enjoy. This was just a glimpse of it.
For this world in its present form is
passing away. ~ 1 Cor 7:31b
This world, with all its beauty, will be
gone someday. Either that or I will be gone first. Whichever comes first, it’s
even more mind-blowing to think that in someplace even more beautiful and more
amazing than this will I be spending eternity.
As my lovely fiancée put it: All these
beautiful things are just creations. Creation declares the praise of her
Creator.
Enjoy creation. Praise the Creator.
"I am the Lord, and there
is no other.
I form the light and create darkness,
I bring prosperity and create disaster;
I, the Lord, do all these things.
I bring prosperity and create disaster;
I, the Lord, do all these things.
It is I who made the earth
and created mankind on it. My own hands stretched out the heavens;
I marshaled their starry hosts."
and created mankind on it. My own hands stretched out the heavens;
I marshaled their starry hosts."
~ Isaiah 45:6b-7, 12
