Creation

I just wanted to drop in and let you guys know that I’m going to be in NYC for about 2 weeks!  I’m really excited about it, and I wanted to blog one last time before I went, so here goes:

Have you ever just looked at the world around you?  Yes, I know you see it all the time.  But I’m not talking just seeing it.  I’m talking really looking at it.  I did that tonight.  I was just making a short little trip, maybe 2 minutes away.  As I drove past our abundant corn and soybean fields here in Indiana, I saw the beauty in them for the first time in a long time.  Something was different about them.  They had a spectacular, enthralling allure.  Simple, green plants.

Over those little green plants stood a massive, fiery orange sun just setting below the horizon.  A veritable symphony of colors from magenta, to cyan, to a majestic yellow, and finally to a royal purple burst across the sky.  It was otherworldly.  It wasn’t that impressive, but it was beautiful.

On the way back home, I passed several people just cruising down the road.  Yet in them, I saw an even greater beauty.  It was the beauty of the very image of God created in them.  They weren’t exceptionally attractive people (especially the one old guy…eeew), but they were God’s people.  They had the visage of an omnipotent, omniscient Creator.

God gave us creation.  All of it.  He told us to appreciate it and take care of it.  God gave us creation for rest, and for our enjoyment.  The next time you’re just driving mindlessly into work thinking about all of the tasks you have to accomplish, just stop.  (Not literally, as that may cause a serious traffic flow issue.)  Stop your thinking and look at the world and the creation around you.  Look at it as if you’d never seen it before.  Find rest in it.  That’s why it’s there.  Don’t neglect it.