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What a true Sabbath I just experienced -- a week of being in the great outdoors of North Carolina. Hiking mountains, taking in waterfalls, and quality time with the Lord. Truly, "what is man compared to rocks and mountains?". I discovered God the CREATOR this week -- and He is magnificent!
After hiking all of these amazing mountains, viewing the spectacular waterfalls, and just standing in utter amazement, something became perfectly clear to me for the very first time. With insane amounts of vision, God hand-crafted the oceans. He set water moving through mountain terrain. He dotted the landscape with oaks and rhododendrons and palms. He even knit me together. (Freckles and all!) Knowing what we would all look like in symphony together -- as His mighty orchestra of creation plays -- I am but a part. What an honor!
I want to know that God-- God the CREATOR. That God that envisioned the Atlantic Ocean and the Grand Canyon and the Nile River and the island of Australia. That beautiful God. Oh, how I have shortchanged myself with Him. Only knowing of His suffering and death. Knowing Him as God the Redeemer. God the Sovereign. God the Father. Now, I have truly grasped this truth: God is infinitely rich in vision and creativity. He set this whole universe in motion. So, when I need a creative idea or vision for life/ministry -- it is GOD THE CREATOR I seek -- God always sees the potential. That's why He's such a visionary.
I am simply a voice -- to whisper, sing, shout the nature and person and return of Jesus Christ. And, my song is stronger now for having experienced the magnificent beauty of God's creation!
"I am the voice of one calling in the desert, ' Make straight the way for the Lord.' " (Isaiah 40.3)
After hiking all of these amazing mountains, viewing the spectacular waterfalls, and just standing in utter amazement, something became perfectly clear to me for the very first time. With insane amounts of vision, God hand-crafted the oceans. He set water moving through mountain terrain. He dotted the landscape with oaks and rhododendrons and palms. He even knit me together. (Freckles and all!) Knowing what we would all look like in symphony together -- as His mighty orchestra of creation plays -- I am but a part. What an honor!
I want to know that God-- God the CREATOR. That God that envisioned the Atlantic Ocean and the Grand Canyon and the Nile River and the island of Australia. That beautiful God. Oh, how I have shortchanged myself with Him. Only knowing of His suffering and death. Knowing Him as God the Redeemer. God the Sovereign. God the Father. Now, I have truly grasped this truth: God is infinitely rich in vision and creativity. He set this whole universe in motion. So, when I need a creative idea or vision for life/ministry -- it is GOD THE CREATOR I seek -- God always sees the potential. That's why He's such a visionary.
I am simply a voice -- to whisper, sing, shout the nature and person and return of Jesus Christ. And, my song is stronger now for having experienced the magnificent beauty of God's creation!
"I am the voice of one calling in the desert, ' Make straight the way for the Lord.' " (Isaiah 40.3)