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Whether conversing with a friend, watching an eagle soar, or beholding the billowing motion of a cedar tree in storm, we’re all privy to manifold and countless expressions of God’s creative power. Here are a few instances in which God’s eternal power and divine nature, as reflected in His creation, have made a big impression on me.
Driving on a country road that meanders along a flat valley, small mountain ridges on both sides of the road, I was very aware of the clearcuts on one of the small peaks. Pondering the clearcut I was—so steep and evidence of seemingly impossible work—when out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of [...]
Driving on a rural highway on a sunny Friday in Washington, I was cruising along just enjoying the day the way I normally do: a glance here and a glance there, and trying to stay on the road. Then, immediately and without warning, there she was . . . WILD CREATURE IN FRONT OF ME! BRAKE HARD [...]
God’s creation is beautiful, inspiring, imposing, and frightening. Warm water is nice—and warm water with a hottish edge is nice too, as all hot-tubbers and hot spring seekers will attest to. Slightly cool water is good for swimming, better than too-warm water. But freezing water, cold water, hot water, and boiling water are either daunting [...]
The reflected glory of Old Faithful in Yellowstone lasts and lasts, and the reflected glory of Yosemite Falls lasts and lasts, as does the reflected glory of the Canadian Goose flying low overhead and the dance of an Alaskan Yellow Cedar in a heavy wind. I believe the glory of nature underscores God’s eternal power [...]
Could it be that there are important stories all around us, stories that point us to God? I once saw a male mallard duck, with his irridescent green head, wandering on the side of a major roadway, as if in a daze. Upon inspection, I noticed, to my horror, that his mate, a female mallard [...]
As creatures ourselves, what is our part in God’s creation? In Genesis 1:26 God says that man shall be allowed to “rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” After the Flood, God [...]
I was driving down the street just a’minding my business, purposing to go around the block because I wanted to skip a too-full barbershop and cut back to another emptier barbershop nearby. On the surface, it seemed there was little chance of a big creation moment around the corner. But lo and behold, as I [...]
I walked out of my door at night to hear a symphony of creature sounds. The frogs were probably making the most noise, the crickets were in there somewhere, and some kind of bird exchanged a lilting cry with one of its kind across the landscape. But the most enchanting sound of all—for me at [...]
I enjoy looking at the moon, but don’t pay strict attention to its cycles, so I was fortunate to hear on the radio that the total lunar eclipse was happening just as I was driving home. I looked over to the eastern sky and there it was—just as the radio announcer said it was! According [...]