i have been looking at objects lately and wondering about their creator.
like the 3x5 card. What genius person created that nifty little note card that is so helpful for studying things or holding treasures like scriptures or recipes.
like the valentine card on my desk from my aunt. someone drew that kitty cat and was it the same person who wrote the little message? (on the front: "you're simply meow-velous!" inside: "and i hope your valentines day is too.")
how about the computer and the internet? how do pieces of plastic and metal, rubber and copper wire, and electricity mix together to make this machine? like i wonder who created bread. who thought to mix flour and water, oil and yeast etc together and through it in an oven?
really as you look around everyday we are encountered by maybe 1000s of objects and ideas that were created by someone else. i never used to think like this. a card was just a card. and bread just tasted good. but lately i am looking behind things wondering what made this this way? a real individual person took time and energy to think this up and then put bring it into reality. it really is incredible.
sometimes i look in the mirror. what a strange creature! or i gaze at the small succulent plant on my doorstep. or a turtle. what oddly beautifully very odd creatures! what was behind the creation of these!? i love God for his amazing creativity.
i was just in washington dc with lucas. we visited an orchid exhibit. incredible. did you know there are 10,000 - 17,500 species of orchids?? i am convinced these are God's favorite flower too. some of them made me wonder "what was God thinking when he created this?" they are just so wonderfully strange and different. absolutely love them.
back to the human being. seriously a fabulously wonderous creature. think of the genius and the creativity behind it. how does a physical body have thoughts and feelings? how does it learn and process? how does it use substances we call food and an action we call sleep to fuel our energy? if only we could transfer this to a car! just let it rest over night, and it is ready to go again in the morning!! i was talking to a friend about the incredibleness of our skin today. our skin is pretty tough, as well as really fragile. without it we would be a sloppy pile on the ground. it is also has an incredible amount of sensors that tell us hot, cold, pleasure and pain.
it is just all so mysteriously incredible.
so am just in wonder at all these things. i imagine meeting the creator of the 3x5 card and being bewildered by the ingenuity of the mind behind the subject. i cant imagine meeting the Creator off the natural world. of music and beauty, love and orchids. its like meeting your favorite author, tv star, artist, speaker x50 bazillion
