Creator

I had the best day the other day. My roommate, Lindsey, and I went driving in my convertible (which I recently bought from my parents) to the coast.

We started off in Redondo Beach and took a long relaxing walk on the sand. Families were playing in the surf. Young people were getting tossed around on their body boards. A few young men were surfing, and there was one guy attempting to parasail. We watched as a few pelicans plunged into the water to catch a meal, and we stood admiring a beautiful hawk that was hovering on an air current near the top of the rocky cliffs. We even got to see a small crab that was trying to escape the dangers of the beach after floating in on a mass of seaweed.

After leaving Redondo Beach, we drove down the coast a little way and discovered a lookout point in Palos Verdes. From behind the safety railing, we could see that the tall cliffs that we were standing on plunged down to a rocky shore, but, of course, I could not stay behind the railing. As I approached the edge of the cliff, I discovered an amazing sedimentary formation right at the shoreline. It looked as if there was a spring that escaped from the ground about 50 feet from the shore. It deposited enough minerals to make a circular formation that extended out in irregular striations and created an excellent tide-pool environment (something that I would love to explore sometime soon). The area must have been rich in sea life, because there were sea lions nearby, and one of them was doing cartwheels right in front of us. He was sharing the wealth of fish with a couple of pelicans who plunged greedily into the water. The seagulls looked as if they were really enjoying themselves as they effortlessly soared on the air current. The mixture of perfectly blue skies and cool sea breeze made me feel as if I could fly also. I managed to convince myself that wings were required to fly and decided to wait until I got to heaven to attempt flight on my own.

I found the words, "this is so beautiful," and "awesome!" escape my lips several times. I think God is glorified when we find enjoyment in something He created, whether it is in nature, music, the spoken or written word, or in our relationships with one another.

God, thank you for being such a wonderful artist to create all of the sights, sounds, feelings, scents, and tastes that you created. And thank you for creating us with all of the senses to be able to enjoy these things so thoroughly. What an amazing Creator to form so many beautiful things and then fashion beings to enjoy them.