this is a place for me to keep a spiritual journal about my life and God,my thoughts about what i read and stody in my bible.
i hope those who read here find a blessing from what they see.
I have moved into the book of Romans this is a letter from Paul to the brethren in Rome. I think it is very powerful book in that it fairly clearly shows us what to do and what not to do. It is paul's directions for the brethren on many topics. He starts out with greeting everyone in the name of Jesus Christ. Fairly normal stuff, he praises them, for he has heard of their great faith from others..... But I found one verse in the first few that jumped out at me.
Romans 1:19 and more specifically 20. "19, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20, for since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power, and divine nature, have been seen, being understood through what has been made, so they are without excuse."
I am a lover of nature. Despite my dislike of winter, and how bad this climate is for my chronic condition I don't think I could live anywhere else then in my beloved mountains. I have often heard believers say to non-believers "just look around you and you can see God, look at nature..." I have said something along the same lines. The bible it self says basically the same thing right here in Romans 1:19-20 Paul says that we all have seen creation/nature and by it the attributes of God and so those who have not believed in the barest sense have no excuse. Cause God is all around us, everything that was created was created by Him, and to God we should be able to see this as plain as the nose on our face. Fall is my favorite example for this. There is nothing like fall in the mountains. It is like God created all new shades for the occasion, and the mountains look as though they have been set afire. My husband has gotten so us to me saying every year "it fire on the mountain time" I find words don't do justice to the beauty. Even as a child I could never fathom how someone could see that and not know in their heart there is a God. God's invisible attributes, His eternal power, His divine nature is all evident and right before our eyes. It is all in creation. In nature. Have you ever looked at a painting in awe of the mastery of the artist who created it? Can you see the soft brush strokes as they painted a flower, or the bold and large strokes for the sky. And we Jabber about how talented this artist is. But no human artist can come pare to God. Look at his canvas, all the world, all the universes and beyond. Look upon the soft strokes for the floating leaf as it glides to the ground. Look at the summer greens, have you ever sat in the forest and looked at all the different shades of green? No earthly artists pallet can come pare to all the suttle shades God has given us. How about His bold strokes of a summer storm? The rolling dark clouds and the incediable streaks of lightening across the sky. The silence of the snowfall at 2 am. When it seems all the earth is asleep except you God and the softly falling snow. My favorite, the wind. Soft and loving or bitter and cruel. It howls at the loss of it's summer playmates all winter long. Mournfully calling. This is God my friends, beloved father, who created the wonders of the world to stand in evidence to us of His existence. So that we would have no excuse not to believe in Him. sadly there yet are those who are blind.
love and hugs breeze
Breeze heard the earth sing at Tuesday, October 18, 2005
1 Comments:
At 5:59 AM,
Jilly replied ...
I think they are blind because they are too busy to stop and see. How can anyone go camping or take a hike through a woods and not SEE? How can anyone who can see not GLORIFY HIS NAME?
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