Look Around You!

Hey there everyone!

So I was at small group the other night and our leader, Bonnie , thought that it would be great to start off the discussion by watching an episode of “Planet Earth”. Now, if you haven’t seen it yet, you should either rent it, or buy it, or borrow it from a friend or catch it on television because it’s amazing and I’m not even kidding you. But anyways, we watched “Jungles” and saw how the Bird of Paradise danced a performance for a potential mate. Based on the fact that we were talking about relationships the past month or so, I assumed the Bird of Paradise would make an example of how people act and how silly people look during courtship sometimes lol Granted, we did touch on that a bit but the conversation took a turn and we began marveling at the intricacies of God’s creations. Like how there are internal mechanisms within species of insects and animals that control their population. How crazy is that! And then I began noticing all the subtle hints God has placed in creation that reveal to us the truths of life.

Like how a dying tree can fall and give life; death is not the end but simply the start of new life…

And like how even though we don’t see the sun everyday, it’s still there giving the world light; God is still there even if it looks like He’s not there…

And like how even the tiniest sparrow receives food everyday, God will provide for us…

And like how God has orchestrated creation in a seemingly endless symphony and personally choreographs every tiniest movement, how much more will God be able to handle the things of our lives?

Do you see?? It’s all right here! Right here in front of us and yet we miss it so many times. We worry so much about the little things and yet it is evident in everything around us that they are so insignificant in the broad sense. Yet, God sees them with the greatest importance and is so excited when He is given the chance to help us with these things. He love us so much and I think this is why God has placed all these things around us and placed us in the middle of a massive universe on a tiny planet; to show us evidence of His love and how easily He could handle our problems.

So I want you to take this with you on this rather cloudy day in Raleigh, North Carolina. God has not forgotten you. He is orchestrating an entire symphony our ears cannot hear and our eyes cannot behold and our minds cannot comprehend but He has not forgotten about you. Doesn’t make you feel all warm inside? Doesn’t that make you want to shout for joy and bask in that kind of love forever? I know I do!

Just think, that feeling you’re probably feeling right now multiplied by a trillion is how it’ll be in heaven!

BUT that’s another blog for another time haha

So look around you! I want you all to look for evidence of God’s love for us in creation and then tell me about it! I want to hear it! I’m sure it’s awesome! haha

Till Next Time…