God is an Artist

Somewhere in time, last Saturday night, I went out to view the full moon. That particular day the moon was said to appear 14% larger than on other nights and 30% brighter.  It did seem larger, but the brightness really surprised me.  It reminded me again that God is an artist. 

When I was fourteen years old, I had a biology teacher in High School who asked the class who believed in creation.  A few of us raised our hands.  He then went on to tell us that by the end of the class, we would believe in evolution.  By the end of the class, I was more convinced than ever that God created the world.  It just makes more sense to me.  You can’t get something out of nothing and you can’t get order out of chaos. 

This teacher went on to explain how there was nothing but gasses in the universe and then the gasses collided and a big bang started the evolution process.  I do believe that God could put events into action that would cause the creation of something, but I think he put much more care into it than that.  Genesis starts with God creating light.  He doesn’t need light, but we do.  God created sky, God then separated land from the water.  I won’t go through all seven days, but it’s clear that He had a plan. It’s clear He had a sequence of events happening.  This was not accident. This was no trick of nature.  This was an artist creating a master piece.  He gave attention to beauty, form and function.

Psalms 19:1-2 (NIV)

The heavens declare the glory of God;

The skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Day after day they pour forth speech;

Night after night they display knowledge.

If you ever doubt that we are a creation of God, living on God’s creation, just watch a baby smile, or a kitten play, or a bird in flight.  None of these are accidents.  Thank you, God, for loving us enough to create beauty all around us.  Help us to notice it more.

Nature Sings from jwrightus on GodTube.