Creator....

In the beginning God created....
Genesis 1:1

Creator…the first thing God introduces Himself as. There was nothing, and then there was everything…just from His spoken Word. One of my favorite things to do is go the beach…any beach…and look at the water. If you are at the ocean, you see a vast expanse of – water and nothing else. For miles and miles…what seems like an eternity. But the mighty crashing waves show a power that is beyond our imagination.

If you go to Puget Sound and look across – my favorite view is from Edmonds – you see the majestic Olympic Mountain Range. And depending on the time of day or season of the year…some of the most incredible sunsets! And snow covered peaks in the winter. Sometimes the fog will be low on the water, but the sun rising in the east shines on the mountain peaks and they glow. Amazing! I also like to take drives through the countryside or across the mountain passes. If you cross the Cascades, the road takes you along the river…as you drive you can watch the water cascading down the mountain side. Sometimes you get a peak at a deer or some other wildlife. In the summer everything is green and new and the water is refreshing. In the autumn the colors are amazing; colors that Crayola has not and never will be able to recreate in a crayon. In the winter, you are taking a chance at getting all the way across the mountain passes because the snow can pile up ten or twelve feet and the roads are icy and hazardous. But the views are amazing. Snow drifts shaped by the winter winds. Heaps of snow pushed to the side of the highway by snow plows trying to make way for the travelers. And occasionally you will get stopped by an avalanche…tons of snow sliding down the mountainside and covering the roadway. Amazing! And what about the night sky. Ever go out to a place where the city lights don’t blind the starry night? Louis Giglio has done a video called “Indescribable” with pictures of galaxies so far away we can’t see them without aid of powerful telescopes. There’s one that looks like an eye…some call it “The Eye of God” Isn’t that amazing? It’s like way up there in the night sky…there is an image to remind us that God is always watching over us. And then there is man…”what is man that you are mindful of me?” (Psalm 8:4) When you think of the human body and all it’s parts and components and inner workings…the fact that it all works together is such perfect harmony…how can you doubt the existence of God? What an amazing master craftsman! I’m no scientist, in fact, the only reason I passed any of my science classes is because I had a wonderful teacher for three years named Mr. Wilson who curved the grade so much my F became a C. But I do remember that all of matter is made up of atoms. That same Louis Giglio video talks about how our bodies are held together. There is a little thing called “laminin” that holds the atoms together. It keeps all of the millions of cells that our bodies are made up of glued together so we don’t fall apart. (I’m sure there’s so much more psychological reflection in that…but not now). Here’s a picture of laminin…..

It all comes back to Him, doesn’t it? Creation. The ocean. The starry sky. The animals. The trees, flowers and vegetation. Even the very thing that holds our bodies together. Creator...