Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Planet Earth

Psalm 104:24 "O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures."

Psalm 104 praises God for his creation. All of creation is attributed to the masterful work of the great artist himself-God. Everything we see and experience here in this earth and the heavens as well, come from and are dependant upon God.

As a gift, my wife bought me "Planet Earth" the nature documentary by the BBC. It is a wonderful, nearly hypnotic look at our world. Planet Earth explores some of the more mysterious and rarely seen domains of our planet. My favorite episodes include the birds of paradise, deserts and caves. Our world is wonderfully diverse and beautiful. God made all of it. This earth is his creation. If nothing else, we should praise him for it. But of course we have so much more to praise him for; calvary, salvation, eternal life, forgiveness, hope...

Dear Jesus, thank you for our planet earth. You are a wondeful creator! Amen.

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