July 22, 2018
Fearfully and Wonderfully
Have you ever stopped to ponder (seriously think, dwell on thoughts) about creation?
I love to watch nature. I love to watch our animals: fish in their tanks, guinea pigs in the run, chickens in the yard, dogs in the house. I love to watch my plants grow. I can’t wait to have roses again! (Roses are my absolute favorite in the world.) I enjoy the cycles of life that create our world and the natural beauty of it.
Take plants; they need special nutrients in the soil from decaying animals and micro or trace nutrients left from other plants to reach their best. Animals eat plants. Plants “eat” decaying animals. We harvest food from both plants and animals.
The cycle of water amazes me. Water is evaporated from the oceans and other waterways, stored in clouds, and poured out onto the land where it gathers in creeks, rivers, and underground aquifers. The water underground rises (or we drill for it) and we have clean drinking water filtered by the air and rocks.
Each of these systems were spoken into being when God spoke creation into action. Yet He chose to form each one of us by knitting us together in our mother’s womb. Does that boggle your mind? All of these awesome forces of nature spoken into existence yet He takes the time to craft each one of us. He cares for each of us.
God set up our world to provide us with animals and plants for food, trees, rocks, sand, or thatch to make shelters, and a boundless supply of fresh drinking water. (Even in the desert, cacti carry water, the ground holds water, and native peoples have amazing techniques for pulling water from the sand!)
Yet He fashioned us. He molded Adam from dust and breathed life into him. He knits us together in our mothers’ wombs. He knows us before we are born. He surrounds us with examples of His majesty in our natural world. We have been fearfully and wonderfully made. He loves us.
To think that Jesus enjoys it when I speak to Him totally blows my mind. I am amazed by His love. Thank you, God, for Your awesome love!
Thanks for reading!
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~Nancy Tart