Nature(al) Reminders
Measured order and precision in creation; our young rain tree (from underneath), the spiral pattern on a pinecone, the way the petals of a rose are formed in concentric circles around the center… all beautiful and a clear pointer to a Creator, to my Heavenly Father. “In the beginning, He created…[everything].” Is there a purpose to seeing His creation and relating it to being orderly and measured? Do you think or see patterns in words, numbers, in just about everything? I do. And when something so beautifully ordered is a tree, it points me back to God. Romans 1:20 NASB says, “ For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. ” Nature, and the way its created, drives us to see God, to see “ His invisible attributes, His eternal power, and divine nature ”. Being in the presence of His creation is enough to still the heart and mind