Monday, July 21, 2008

How do you Describe the Indescribable?

That has been the question that has plagued men and women from the dawn of time. So rather than me trying to describe what God created in Yellowstone, I thought that perhaps I would let God do the describing.

Psalm 104:5-18, 31-34 (ESV)

He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight. The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.

You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.

You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills; they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches.

From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man’s heart.

The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees.

The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works, who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!

I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

Well, that pretty much describes Yellowstone. It is a place of indescribable beauty… clearly the handiwork of the majestic God of the universe… spoken into being… a vivid reminder of God’s creative power and we are loving every minute of it!

By Mike

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Amen Pastor Mike..

I think much the same every time I'm on the banks of the Susquehanna or gazing over the expanse of the Atlantic Ocean while I'm fishing.

And to think, the same God of the Universe who created all of this loves little old me as much as He does. Wow.....

Alan Rathbun said...

I remember those views of Yellowstone. God is awesome!