Scripture Reading(s)
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
104:24 O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
104:25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great.
104:26 There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.
104:27 These all look to you to give them their food in due season;
104:28 when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
104:29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
104:30 When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground.
104:31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works–
104:32 who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke.
104:33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
104:34 May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
104:35b Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD!
Reflections
The greatness of God’s creation is limitless. Every generation we learn more and more about the complexities if life on earth. Even the creation of the eye ball is magnificent. Eyesight is an absolute miracle. The same is true for child birth. When we look at the natural creation, trees, wildlife, and the rest, it is hard to not marvel at the creator.
Surely, the creator is a master crafts-man. If even a single thing in our planet was out of sync we would cease to exist. But God keeps everything in sync. He holds all things together. Nothing is overlooked. It is no wonder that the psalmist wrote such a psalm 104, declaring His greatness.
Each new day, take a look around you and bask on God’s beautiful creation and know that YOU are the crowning jewel of that creation. You are the apple of God’s eye.
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