A Sense of Wonder

My parents were spending the week in the mountains. Dad said their first day was overcast and the colors of fall had passed. They both commented, however, on the beauty and serenity of the hills. Their day consisted of talking, eating, reading, and napping. They had three naps in one day!  The perfect mountain trip!

 

Don't forget that the same God created all the planets even those unable to sustain life.  Why do you suppose God made one particular planet just right for humans? Chapter One of Genesis says God liked what He made and blessed His Creation, giving us authority and rule over it. We were in His mind in the very beginning -- He made it just for us!  The beauty of this world should trigger and awaken a sense of wonder within us.  God's holy and artistic Hand formed mountains and canyons, sunrises and sunsets, oceans

and rivers, and animals that delight us with companionship. One morning as I left the house for work, there was a double-rainbow in the sky.  How amazing that Elohim, the Hebrews' name for the Lord God, painted the sky just for me! There is nothing designed or created by His Hand unworthy of our gratitude and an ever more reverent ... sense of wonder.