Thoughts for another day

May 11, 2009.

Today's verse: Eccl. 3:11. He hath made everything beautiful in His time: also He hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

Look around the place you are, there’s so much ugliness isn’t it? Looking out of your window, all you find is dust and grime and a lot of noise. The beauty and serenity that were there long ago have vanished and instead the cacophony of inane things fills the senses. Sometimes we reminisce about the past when things were so good. But in the past we heard people elder than us say how good it was in their past and so on. Which means that in almost every generation, there is the ache for things that went by and probably the desire to move back into that time? But it can never happen and if we wear the spectacles of God, we see beauty in everything, everytime.

This takes us to the Bible verse, ‘the earth is filled with the glory of God’, even though you and I cannot see it in the world. You know God is doing so many things at the same time. He is renewing the earth day-by-day and changing things ever so subtly that we don’t even know. That’s what our verse for today tells us. Sadly, we are completely oblivious to God’s work and not able to understand His work.

There are so many things which belong to the realm of which we know or see nothing until of course we veer toward God and see with His eyes. If you have the inclination, just look around. From what seems dirt, God’s glory shines forth. Take the sky: so beautiful and glorious; and even if there are clouds, look at how the clouds black though they be and pregnant with water do not fall down, yet gently stream down in rain. Look at the smiles on little children’s faces, whether rich or poor and see the beauty on their faces. There’s so much life in them. Finally take a look at your hand, see the beauty in it; the nails, the fingers, the nerves outlined on the skin, the bones entwined with the flesh…all so beautiful and unduplicated! Isn’t He our God wonderful! Isn’t He doing so much that we must yearn to see and feel and know! It’s time we took our God seriously and understood the beauty of His hand and the immensity of His work.