THE WONDER OF GOD'S CREATION

By Barbara Chadwick

“Dad would give us a quarter for being the first to spot a moose or a bear on our hour-long drives into Anchorage and you’d think we’d have tired of seeing yet another caribou or dall sheep along Alaska’s roadways. But then, as now, our wildlife inspired excitement, and even today we’ll still pull over to look and take a picture. My parents instilled in me that appreciation; we were not to take for granted the wonder of God’s creation.”  From Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin

Ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you. Which of these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.  Job 12:7-10

Kenneth and I live in the Colorado mountains and every day we are inspired by the majesty, beauty and wonder that surrounds us. Creation itself is a witness to God.

When the moose nonchalantly walked across our yard, I hurriedly called to Keneth to look out the upstairs window to see him.  Another day the deer grazed on the bank across from the kitchen and Kenneth called my attention to it. On hikes in the Roosevelt National Forest behind our house we see flowers of every color and shape. Morning after morning the sunrise is glorious. It's as if God is saying, "Good Morning. I'm going to bless your day!"

 

We have lived here eleven years and we are still inspired and excited to see it all.

Photos by Kenneth Chadwick