Making the world is harder than you think.  My nephew Zach had to make ten different landforms for a Social Studies project.  We worked together and used Play-Doh, paint, Elmer’s glue, toothpicks, and numerous other craft items.  Making the mountains was fun, creating an island with a palm tree in the middle of the lake was neat, but shaping tiny cactus for the desert was rather tricky.  Zach got to name each place and he chose a football theme.  We had Running Back River, Quarterback Lake, and even Touchdown Island.  Our miniature ‘snapshot’ of the world took a long time to put together, but we sure enjoyed creating it.

In light of our seemingly big project, I can’t help and marvel again at God’s life-size project in creating the earth.  “The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.” (Psalm 95:5) How can we even begin to describe earth’s majesty?   Willie McCool, a Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, described earth from space.  He said, “The colors are stunning. In a single view, I see – looking out at the edge of the earth: red at the horizon line, blending to orange and yellow, followed by a thin white line, then light blue, gradually turning to dark blue and various gradually darker shades of gray, then black and a million stars above. It’s breathtaking.” “The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of His hands.” (Psalm 19:1) George Washington Carver stated it this way, “I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we only will tune in.” Indeed.  God uses nature as a broadcasting station?   I’ve suddenly developed a strong urge to go for a walk.