January 9, 2025 - Have you ever watched a small child as they observe the simplest things in life? I love to watch my grandsons as they marvel at the small creatures that God has made. Small children see the beauty in butterflies that often as adults we take for granted. They observe ants and various other bugs. Truly, small children “wonder” at the creation and order of this world around them.
Yet, one of the great tragedies of life is that as we grow older, we become jaded, we become cynical, we take this world around us for granted and we lose our “wonder”. When we are young, we live in a thrilling and wonderful world. As we grow older, we begin to live in a world that is gray and commonplace. Yet, the change is not in the world around us, the change is in us. When that wonder is gone, life loses some of its zest and excitement.
Somehow, we must keep the sense of wonder alive. In fact, if we focus our attention on God this is not such a difficult thing to do. The more we observe about God’s creation, the more we know about this astonishing world God has created for us, the more we are bound to wonder. Look at the beauty of the heavens, the order of the universe, the millions of stars that light the night and who cannot be astonished at a universe like this?
When we look at God’s world, and even more look at God’s love, we will be lost in wonder, love and praise. You see, the more we know of the love of God, so amazing and so divine, the more we will be astonished.
It’s something to think about... tbp
Center Church of Christ
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