Awesome. Awe-inspiring. Awe is the perfect word to describe how I am feel when I am struck by the beauty of God's creation when I take a moment to really look around and soak in the things He has created.
Tonight it hit me as I was driving home from work. These pictures don't do God's work justice, but just wow.
This is the view I was so blessed to have as I drove home. Wow. I was engulfed in God's masterpiece.
I was in complete awe of the world God had created for you and me. Think of all the colors He put into the sky. Think of the shades of pink and purple on the clouds. The blues in the shadows. The oranges of the light. That's just the sky. On the ground, we see vibrant greens emerge as it fights the frigid air. Spring flowers sprout and we look on as bright colors come forth from the ground. Even the brown of the dirt and soil looks a little bit better when you look on and consider it a work of God's.
It's amazing all that God has made. Have you ever taken a moment to really consider everything? The complexities of the human anatomy and mind. The interacting of different elements that combine to give us important compounds like water and salt (here I fully admit that "compounds" may not be the word and my last shred of regard for the sciences is not concerned with correcting it) which we need to survive.
God made a masterpiece and we're all living it. We are part of that masterpiece.
Looking around, you can really see all He has made and that it is good (see the first chapter of Genesis [no but really. Like all of it]). Look at His creations. Look at yourself. Look at technology. Look at medical advances God gave to the world through His gift of wisdom to our doctors, surgeons, and scientists. Look at something as simple as your hand. Think of each tendon, blood vessel and vein, fingernail, skin cell, and hair follicle. Each has its own distinct purpose and use to make up your hand. God created each of those. God specifically picked out the pigment found in your skin cells, the blood type of each blood cell, and the genetic make-up of every cell in between.
I should be awe-struck by His creation in everything and in every moment, not just the pretty sunsets. Heck, all of us should be able to look into a mirror and stare at the wonders God has put together to create you. You were so perfectly made by Him. Like dang. You're a work of God's art.
But above all things in this world, above you and me, above all other things, what we should stare most at in awe is the Body and Blood of the Lord.
Have you ever watched, and I mean really watched, a priest consecrate the bread and wine into Jesus Christ? He is so in love. The other day, I believe at Holy Thursday mass, I watched my priest closely and caught him staring, just staring so lovingly at the Eucharist. I just died. His look was a look of such love and awe. He was completely awe-stricken at his God. I want to be in awe of Him like that. As my priest stared into his hands which were cradling the Body of Christ, I realized how much I wanted to love Jesus like that.
I am in awe of all God has done. All He has created. All the work He has done. All the work He has done through me and others. I could just sit here, gaping mouth and all, and think of the countless things in my life that He did. I am in awe of the Lord and His amazing love. I am in awe of His sacrifice for me. Words can't even describe my feelings.
I am just simply in awe of Him
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