A Smiling Creator

When a great big large oversize full moon breaks its bond with the fading horizon it is easy to see how ancient people might get out the drums and do a dance step or two in tribute to a powerful symbol in the early night sky.  It is indeed something to see.  Young lovers are enthralled by it, would be astronomers break out their telescopes, and old men wonder how many more they will be around to see.  The creation is a marvelous thing to behold. 

 

While there have been some who have made gods out of the moon and other parts of the creation, the things of the heavens and the things of the earth are only pointers that direct our attention toward the Creator.  If the Word of God is taken seriously there can be no doubt that God is the One responsible for all that we see around us.   He brought the created order into being out of nothing and He sustains it by and through His continued creative energies.  To behold His handiwork has created a sense of awe and wonder in us more times that we can count.  The earth is indeed the Lord's.  Everything in it bears the mark of His handiwork. 

The fact that we are privileged to live midst such a marvelous creation, full of such beauty and power, is nothing more than a gift.  Some of our response to it might be suggestive of taking it for granted.  The water we let run endlessly from the faucet may not be as inexhaustible as we think.  And the chemicals with which we abuse the land are likely not as benign as we would like them to be.  Those folks who danced under the full moon may have shown more appreciation than we often do.  Maybe they had it right and we have it wrong.  The creation is such a wonderful thing to behold and consider that an occasional dance of praise and thanksgiving might be something which would bring a smile to the face of the Creator.