Where's God?

Look at the sky.

Do you ever take the time to sit and admire?

I know I don't. Who has the time to sit and admire anything, right? Anyway, it's just the sky up there. Nothing you haven't seen before. Some clouds - couple of cumulonimbus and what not floating around. Little sunshine - no big deal.

Normally I don't really pay a whole lot of attention to it myself, I'm focused on getting to my next class, on whatever needs to be done next. And this morning wasn't any different, and I was self-pitying a little bit this morning. Then I decided that I was sick and tired of my poor attitude.

This is what was so great - I got to be totally ego-centric for a little bit. It was great.

Here's what I thought -

God painted a beautiful sky not so the clouds would have something to do with their lives, he didn't grow the grass to make the sidewalk look less ugly. He painted the world with beautiful colors for me to enjoy. God didn't have to add color - we could all look like 'I Love Lucy' with flaming red hair that no one could even admire because it was still gray like everyone else.

God made the Earth for me to enjoy.

And you. Think about that! What man (or woman) ever did something like that for you? No one! We are talking something so vast you can't comprehend how big it is. This is an artwork you could explore for the rest of your life and still never see it all. There are whole galaxies God created for our viewing pleasure and admiration.  The world is like a giant Where's Waldo game only you see God. And He is in everything you see.

I don't know what your day, your week, or your life is like.  You might be in the middle of something really hard or just need a little pick me up.  But I'm challenging you to get outside that feeling that your problems are bigger than the world, that they are bigger than God, and look around you. Sometimes it's hard to see God - but if you look close enough, you'll be able to find Him in everything.


He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
   I will be exalted among the nations,
   I will be exalted in the earth.”
                       Psalms 46:10