God's Glory

Since the weather has been quite favorable, Todd and I have been spending a lot of time outside, walking around Ohiopyle, Mingo Park and other places where we are in the middle of nature. The other day we had a talk about the beauty of nature. A couple leaves were blowing in the wind as if they were dancing. It was so beautiful. Our discussion progressed to the idea of druids, and how they worship nature to the extent of saying everything in nature is God.

While I don't agree that God is a tree or even a rock, his beauty and glory are in them. He created nature just as he created us, shouldn't we admire it and see his wonder within it? Have you sat a watched the sun set and wonder why each night the colors are different? Because God wants them to be different. To show us his glory within the sun setting. The same is with the trees and flowers. It still too a plan and a design to create tress and water.

I laughed at one point saying it was like God said "I want a tree here" and poof there is a tree. God has power and majesty and that shows in everything he created. See this eagle: it's a young bird but looks so powerful and full of God's glory. Watching it land and fan it's feathers out was so wonderful. It was awe-inspiring. I have to wonder why people would want to harm such a beautiful creation of God.

It is one thing to admire the beauty God has created for us, but another thing to sit and worship those same things. We can admire nature while we give glory to God saying "I see your power and glory. Only you could have created such beauty." Spend a day in nature somewhere, anywhere even just your own porch. Listen to what sitting in nature tells you about God. You just may find yourself talking to him as a long lost friend.