what i'm learning

i love seeing God's hand in the things around me. i have been told that each snow flake is unique, each wave crests in sequence but is unique, each leaf that falls from the trees are unique, each finger print is unique...you catch my drift. and while God chose to be so detail oriented in creation He continues to be involved in each and every moment, happenning, experience of every day. when i wake up in the morning i see that the sun has risen just like it did the day before, there is air for me to breathe, water to quench my thirst; my house is warm, light comes on with the flip of a switch, my refrigerator keeps foor cold and fresh while ther oven is calibrated to heat and cook as it is designed. the heat, lights, fridge and oven may be "artificial" or man made but nothing is made that God didn't create either the ability or the pieces. nothing is without the stamp of God's working.

i remember as a child wondering if somehow creation was either like a dream that God was having or maybe it was more like a game He was playing. I am grateful that neither of those scenerios were correct, instead i have learned that God created us for His pleasure and that He desires intimate communion with us.

these are lyrics to a song we sing at church that remind me that even the rocks cry out and cause me to desire to praise Him more passionately:

Your voice it thunders The oaks start twisting The forest sounds with cedars breaking The waters see You and start their writhing From the depths a song is rising Now it’s rising from the ground Holy, Holy Holy, Holy Lord The earth is Yours and singing Holy, Holy Holy, Holy Lord The earth is Yours The earth is Yours Your voice it thunders The ground is shaking The mighty mountains now are trembling Creation sees You And starts composing The fields and trees they start rejoicing. Now it’s rising form the ground It’s rising from the ground Hear us crying out Hear us crying out Holy, Holy Holy, Holy Lord The earth is Yours and singing Holy, Holy Holy, Holy Lord The earth is Yours The earth is Yours