I’ve been in the car a lot recently. We’ve been taking long car rides practically every week for the past month. It’s a lot of fun, until you hit hour 3 or so. That’s when my legs start to twitch and my neck starts to hurt. Ha ha! But with all this free time, having nothing to do but look out the window, I’ve observed some really interesting things about God’s creation. - The Clouds-Have you ever noticed how certain clouds can become anything you want them to be? You hardly have to even think about it before it takes the shape of whatever it is you’re thinking about! I’ll never forget after a long day, I was in the car headed back home when I noticed a very interesting cloud formation. It looked like the saints bowing on their knees worshiping God. God’s cloud was shapeless and enormous. It completely covered the upper part of the sky. Another cloud formation was below and in front of the enormous cloud. This was the cloud that looked like the saints worshipping God. There were many people bowing down. Their hands were held out in front of them and their heads were lowered. They wouldn’t look at God out of reverence. I saw that cloud and thought of the day when all the saints would bow before our God and worship Him. Holy holy holy is the Lord God Almighty, Who was, Who is, and Who is to come (Revelation 4:8).
- The Flowers-As we drive along, I can’t help but notice the colorful assortment of flowers along the side of the road. They are EVERYWHERE! It’s so beautiful! All the flowers are wild. They haven’t been bred to look more beautiful, they haven’t been planted there by a human (at least not on purpose ;)), and I’ve never seen more beautiful flowers. Proof right there that beauty isn’t something that has to be tampered with. If you are made in the imagine of God (which we all are) then you are beautiful. Period. But the biggest thing about these flowers that I find so remarkable is how so many people drive past them each day and barely anyone ever looks at them. How crazy is it that God put such beautiful things right underneath our noses and yet so few of us ever actually look at them? I have never heard of a person who could actually make something as small as a real flower. It’s impossible. People don’t know how to make living things without using a living thing to create it. And yet, if someone did, wouldn’t everyone in the world want to look at this miracle flower? Why is it then that we can drive hours on a road surrounded by miracle flowers that God flawlessly created and yet we never even look at them? God’s power never ceases to amaze me. Sometimes we just need to stop and smell the flowers. The flowers also reminded me of something I noticed a lot in Uganda. Every time a flower catches my eye as we drive along, I wonder if another person has ever actually looked at that exact flower before. There are so many flowers and the people are driving so fast, that I imagine there are very few flowers along the side of the road that actually get looked at. While I was in Uganda, often times I was completely surrounded by children. There were SO many! It was impossible to say hello to each one or to remember every name. But I remember how excited a child would get when I would remember their name or when I would reach down and grab THEIR hand instead of them reaching for mine. They seemed so surprised by the fact that I wanted to know their names and hold their hands. Like the flowers, oftentimes these children go unnoticed. No one ever stops to remember their names. No one ever reaches down to hold their hands. No one ever shows them a random act of love that they didn’t work for. And that’s something about Jesus that I just love. He actively pursued people. They didn’t just have to come to Him, He would go to them.
