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The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
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Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
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There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
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Their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
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which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
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Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
- Psalm 19:1-6
This
morning in Bible Study we looked at this beautiful text which
celebrates the fact that God’s existence is declared by the very
creation we are privileged to live in. The evidence for God is all around us. Every single one of us can see the hand of God in His
creation, and for all of us God speaks in creation in different
ways.
As
we talked about where we see God in nature, everyone had a story
to tell about how he or she hears the voiceless praise of God
through this beautiful world in which we live. Some talked about God’s presence made known in water,
through oceans or the sun rising on a lake.
For others it is through the beauty and power of a good
thunderstorm rolling in...or in contemplating a tree in all its
splendor...or in the glorious canopy of stars that God has strewn
across the sky with such seeming reckless abandon.
For one person God’s presence is made known in the
ospreys who fly thousands of miles every fall, the males going to
one place and the females to another, only to return to the exact
same nest in Florence each spring and renew their mating and the
raising of new young to carry on the endless cycle. Truly there are immeasurable opportunities to witness what
God is doing all around us every day.
Right
now, as we are in the midst of summer in this beautiful place in
which we live, all of us are outside more.
The places and opportunities to see God’s hand at work in
nature are never more evident than when we are out in it.
Take some time to revel in the beauty of what God has
placed all around us. Truly
as David said: “day
to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge,
there is no speech, nor are there words,” yet God’s voice
“goes out through all the earth, and His words to the end of the
world.”
This
same God who made the heavens and stretched them out made you and
breathed life into you. So
get outside and listen for the heavens are telling the glory of
God and they will be talking tonight.
Let those with ears to hear, hear!
I'll
see you in Church.
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Michael J. March, Pastor
From The Church Mouse
July & August 2010
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