Awe and Wonder

~Royalynne Rose Miller

Psalm 19
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.

This last winter I was on my way to Corban College from the Oregon coast, we put the address in the GPS and followed where it told us to go. It had us take a different way then my dad expected but we followed anyway. We ended up taking all these back roads that took us to the top of a mountain and back down again. Along narrow roads, by a river, on cliffs…. On one hand it was kind of scary (There were points when it was just a one-lane road going around corners! Who knows what would happen if someone was coming the other way!) But on the other as I looked out my window and felt the wind on my face, I looked out on to the most beautiful landscape I have ever seen. The light was shooting though the clouds and hitting the tops of the trees here and there. Everything was so green and you could smell the freshness in the air. As I sat there and looked on at that beautiful scene, I was overwhelmed with awe and wonder and an incredible love. It was so intense I felt like I could reach out and touch the love I was feeling. A love for my Creator and his awesomeness and a love from my Creator. How much He must care about me to make something so beautiful for me to enjoy! I wasn’t surprised at the emotion, if you can call it that, more of just in awe of it. Nature like that has a way of putting things back into perspective for me. :)

Are you going through a rough time? Are things just hard and stressful? Well I have a question for you - Have you ever sat back and just looked at all the things God has made and God has done? If not I suggest you do. Take a drive in the country, go for a walk, even just look up. In Psalm 19 it says that the Heavens declare the glory of God, and the skies proclaim the work of his hands! How true that is! How wonderful is our God? How amazing is He! He made all these things that take our breath away; a starry sky, a beautiful landscape, a mighty tree. And yet He still takes the time to love us and care for us. John 3:16 says “For God SO LOVED the world that He [God] gave his only son, that who ever believes in him, will have eternal life”
Let God wow you. Stand out under the stars tonight, look up and let His awesomeness put you in a state of awe and wonder - and then remember that the same God who made all that cares about you. It will take your breath away.