Tag: God’s Creation

Declaring the Glory

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It has been awhile since I featured pictures of creation that declare God’s glory.  This week I want to feature some pictures of trilliums which are in full bloom in May.  I’m not much of a flower person, but I like trilliums.  These flowers are apparently rare, but they happen to flourish in and around my yard.

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
– Psalm 19:1

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,
in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
– Romans 1:20

God Our Creator

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In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
– Genesis 1:1

Consider the creative ability required for God to create our world.  He creates thousands of different animals in all shapes and sizes.  He creates giraffes, elephants, rhinos, hippos, hamsters, penguins, eagles, robins, whales, sharks, shrimp, lobsters, and so much more.  He creates thousands of different types of plants.  Some plants bear fruits of various color, shape, and taste.  Many plants have flowers in incredible variety.  He creates different environments on the earth – deserts, forests, prairies, mountains, oceans, and more.  He fills space with stars and planets of incredible variety.  What creativity to make all of this!

Consider the wisdom and knowledge required for God to create our world.  What he designs must actually function.  Animals must move and breathe and eat and multiply.  God must come up with practical things like hearts, lungs, livers, spinal cords, and so much more.  All of this made up of cells, made up of atoms, made up of….  And then there are plants which need to grow and bear fruit and form seeds.  And all these plants and animals have to fit together in their habitat.  And the earth has to be just the right distance from the sun.  And, and, and….  We have spent several thousand years trying to figure out how our world works.  But God knows it all.  What wisdom and knowledge to make all of this!

Consider the power required for God to create our world.  There is nothing, and with a word God creates something.  With a word, he makes planets and stars and plants and animals.  With a word.  What authority!  What power!  Ponder the power required to make this vast universe.  And God does it all by simply speaking it into existence.  What power to make all of this!

This is our Creator.  This is our God.

Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
– Psalm 95:6

Declaring the Glory

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Outside our home last winter.

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
– Psalm 19:1

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,
in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
– Romans 1:20

Declaring the Glory

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Glen Lake in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
– Psalm 19:1

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,
in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
– Romans 1:20

Declaring the Glory

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Near our home in northwest Michigan

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
– Psalm 19:1

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,
in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
– Romans 1:20

Declaring The Glory

On By BrianIn Declaring the Glory

Near our home in northwest Michigan

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
– Psalm 19:1

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,
in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
– Romans 1:20

Declaring The Glory

On By BrianIn Declaring the Glory

Near our home in northwest Michigan

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
– Psalm 19:1

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,
in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
– Romans 1:20

Declaring the Glory

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Manistee River in northwest Michigan

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
– Psalm 19:1

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,
in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
– Romans 1:20

Declaring the Glory

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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
– Psalm 19:1

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,
in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
– Romans 1:20

Declaring the Glory

On By BrianIn Declaring the Glory

Munising, Michigan

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
– Psalm 19:1

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,
in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
– Romans 1:20