Wondering at the Wonder:

A friend of mine, Matt McLain, can not only tell you more about dinosaurs than you thought there was to know, he can educate us on "not-dinosaurs."  I encourage you to read Matt's post.  It is not only informative, but highly entertaining.  I know Matt well enough to know that he enjoys making people chuckle, but he has more in mind than that.  He wants us to know, "the world is so much more amazing than anything we as humans could have invented. That is marvelous, and speaks to something so much greater than us."

We don't have to be in a graduate program to come to that realization.  Toddlers looking at butterflies and grasshoppers get the concept quite well.  The Psalmists understood it.  Was David lying on his back, staring into the vast sky, after the sheep were safely in the fold, or maybe it was in the desert, when bone weary from fleeing the madman King Saul, David looked at the sky to discern when morning would come, or perhaps it was from the palace roof, a place from whence he later looked on things he shouldn't have been viewing, that David--shepherd, warrior, King--saw the heavens in all their majesty?  Likely it was a composite of all those views that compelled him to say, “The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.” (Psalm 19:1).    On another occasion I imagine David flexing his hand, feeling the tension in his arm, and seeing the fingers move--precise, strong, durable--"I am fearfully and wonderfully made."  (Psalm 139:14) he declared.

In Psalm 107 an unnamed writer observes the inevitable cycle of cause and effect.  His musings include sickness, sadness, storms,  flood, drought, and the wonders of the seas.  His conclusion: “Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things, And consider the lovingkindnesses of the Lord.” (Psalm 107:43)

Romans 1, and Acts 17, tell us that there are still lessons to be learned from the wonders of our world.  Take time to look.  Allow your heart to take on the wonder of a three-year-old, or a Matt McLain.

It's Something to Think About.

 

New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. 1995 (Ps 139:14). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.