The Beauty of God's Creation

Throughout our married life, which covers 63 years, my husband and I have taken many vacations. When the children were home we enjoyed showing them the beauty of God's great creation . What a privilege we had of traveling to so many different regions.  Sometimes we saw nature in the beauty of flowers, sometimes in the fields of corn as they were waving in the breeze, we marveled at the array of stars and saw sunsets that were spectacular, hills ablaze with the tree leaves that changed their color from green to an array of fall colors, It says in Psalm: 11-12 "Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad, let the sea resound, and all that is in it.  Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let the trees of the forest sing for joy."  And in Psalm 8:3-4 "Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens...When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,  the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?"  Yes, when I consider the whole of creation I certainly feel humbled to know that God still cares for me, and He cares for you, and that he knows and directs every step of our lives.  After having said all that the Bible goes on to state in Romans 1:19,20 that God created all things so that all humankind can know God just by looking at his creation.  "Because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world  God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen being understood from which has been made, so that people are without excuse." Such is the power of God's creation. 

On the other hand although the Bible mentions Heaven between 200 and 300 times (different versions use different ways to measure this)  we do not have a comprehensive glimpse of what heaven will be like.  Jesus does tell us in John 14:2-3 that His Father's house has many rooms.  Also that He goes to prepare  a place for us.  That He will come back and take us to be with Him so that we may be where He is.  More descriptions are given about the beauty of Heaven, Then also the Bible tells us about the  atmosphere of perfect peace, the reality of no night there, the promise  we all  cling to that there will be no illness, no death, no sorrow, no pain, no conflicts, they are all descriptive of what Heaven will be like.  We as Christians rejoice and wait in eager anticipation to spend eternity in such a place.  A friend of ours passed into glory 2 days ago,  His testimony was sure.  His hope was steadfast.  His heavenly reward is now a reality.  Still while these facts about heaven are all sure and positive I believe the greatest joy will be that we will be in the presence of our Lord and Savior and that experience will be so magnificent that we will not even be concerned if the streets are gold or if there is no night. We discussed this idea in a class in church this morning and pontificated/discussed what heaven will be like.   Jesus didn't give us a clear picture in scripture but gave enough so we can be aware it is His heavenly creation.  That is good enough for me.  In my book, "I've Always Been Rich"  I alluded to the fact that when we enter into a relationship with  Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and live a life that brings honor and glory to Him then we will enter  that glorious reward when we pass from this life. 

 Beauty in creation is beyond description but we can see, taste, smell, interact with it.  The new heaven and earth will be, well, heavenly.
Marilyn Rensink   mjrevmom6@aol.com
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