I'm a firm believer that the moral decline in my country is nothing new and even though it saddens me greatly that states are being stripped of their powers, Presidents seem out of touch with well everything and everybody, our military are being disrespected and most recently the shock (not really) that Planned Parenthood is selling baby tissue to the highest bidder (I mean, people, they advocate abortion like it's routine medical procedure, a tonsillectomy of sorts, just further south in a woman's anatomy and we are surprised that they want to make money on the body's of these little life's they take....in the words of a character I actually am not fond of ....wake up 'merica) despite all this and so much more I know The Lord has this. He is working and I'm going to be okay. It may not be pleasant in future days but I am going to be okay.
How do I know? One way is that there is a lot The Lord did not have to do but did anyway.
Yesterday, I took a walk by myself for a couple minutes (it was heavenly).
The Lord made a sky that changes color like a vast sheet of chameleon skin! Pink, baby blue, midnight blue, purple, orange, red, white, yellow, gray and black keep our eyes guessing at what colorful canvas we might see as backdrop for our lives next!
He didn't have to make a sky full of all those colors, but he did.
Do you know how many insects are in the world? No? Me either! But I can get an estimate of just how many are in the U.S. from Encyclopedia Smithsonian:
" In the United States, the number of described species is approximately 91,000. The undescribed species of insects in the United States, however, is estimated at some 73,000. The largest numbers of described species in the U.S. fall into four insect Orders: Coleoptera (beetles) at 23,700, Diptera (flies) at 19,600, Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps) at 17,500, and Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) at 11,500."
Did you read that? Just in the US alone there are 91,000 known species but possibly 73,000 estimated waiting to still be discovered. So in the age of globalization, and instant communication, there may be a six headed dragonfly out there waiting to be discovered! Too bad I'm not a real fan of buzzing bugs but can you believe that many insects are in this country?
God could have put just one kind of butterfly in the United States but no He blesses us with a collection of 11,500 butterfly's and moths we know about and countless more we may not! Can you just praise Him for that? To me it's amazing!!
God could have just made us all look the same. He could have made the entire human race have the same skin color, eye shape and facial structure. But He didn't!! He made our features to be a beautiful tapestry of woven differences that make the human race interesting!!
If a master artist doesn't like his completed work or feels it is flawed he has the right to destroy it. He created it after all. Guess what?
God could have destroyed the earth with no hope of salvation, but he didn't! He had a plan! He could have destroyed his creation or never made it in the first place knowing it was going to fall, but he didn't! He sent his son!
He gave me a multi colored sky, thousands of creepy crawlers, beautiful differences in humans to love and study, and a precious son Savior to take away my sin.
That's how I know He's got this. He is in charge. All I have to do is let Him be glorified!
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measurements-surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? "
- Job 38:4-5
I will leave you with the words of one of my favorite hymns:
Verse 1:
O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
Chorus:
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee,
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee,
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Verse 2:
When through the woods, and forest glades I wander,
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees.
When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeur
And see the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.
Chorus
Verse 3:
And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.
Chorus
Verse 4:
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim, "My God, how great Thou art!"
I'm headed home some day. I'll be able to see the sweet innocent children that the world didn't care for but God did....
O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
Chorus:
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee,
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee,
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Verse 2:
When through the woods, and forest glades I wander,
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees.
When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeur
And see the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.
Chorus
Verse 3:
And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.
Chorus
Verse 4:
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim, "My God, how great Thou art!"
I'm headed home some day. I'll be able to see the sweet innocent children that the world didn't care for but God did....
Thank you Lord, how great thou art!!
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