When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained, what is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands, thou hast put all things under his feet.
It is all too easy to get caught up in the daily business of life and never notice the absolute majesty of the world and the universe around us.
My longing to see the night sky is part of my wanting to remember "God's heavens". We are just a small part of something that is so huge and magnificent and yet modern man rarely gets to even see the majesty of it all. So we forget the Creator because we don't see his creations.
My longing to see the night sky is part of my wanting to remember "God's heavens". We are just a small part of something that is so huge and magnificent and yet modern man rarely gets to even see the majesty of it all. So we forget the Creator because we don't see his creations.
I think that this why my husband and I love photography so much. To photograph a flower -and really see it - means we are looking at every angle, trying to see the pistil and stamen, and capturing those drops of pollen? is it better if the light is on one side or the other? Shall we get up early and catch it with the dew drops?
we feel the same with our birds. At first it was just the fun of seeing how beautiful they are. Now we try to catch them in flight, or bathing, or with the head turned just so. We are amazed at what they do.
Remember how psalm for said, "Stand in awe"?the more time we spend enjoying God's creation, the more we are in awe at what this says about him.
Hymn #86. How Great Thou Art
Oh Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds thy hands have made.
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee,
How great thou art. How great Thou art.
The first section of this writing was to acknowledge God's majesty.
This second part acknowledges what it must feel like to create something that is so beautiful and then to give the care and keeping of that something to someone you know is so very imperfect and has the potential to destroy your creation. And yet "God gave man dominion over the works of his hands".
This second part acknowledges what it must feel like to create something that is so beautiful and then to give the care and keeping of that something to someone you know is so very imperfect and has the potential to destroy your creation. And yet "God gave man dominion over the works of his hands".
As a result He has watched us through both ignorance and greed or desire for power
- Destroy species
- Destroy rainforest
- Pollute the lakes
- Create toxic sites that may never recover
- Create weapon of mass destruction
- Use what He has given us to kill each other
The list could go on and on. The buzzword of these days is "global warming". As the polar ice cap melts and our glaciers disappear, as hurricanes rage with deadly force, we argue over whether the climate is warming. "What is man that thou art mindful of him?"
Why would God allow us to have such power over his creations? What are we supposed to be learning in this school of mortality? Why does the power to destroy come with the power to create?
Abraham 3: 24-26
We will go down, for there is space there, and we will take of these materials and we will make an earth whereon these may dwell.
And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them.
And they who keep their first estate shall be added upon, and they who keep not their first estate shall not have glory in the same kingdom with those who keep their first estate, and they who keep their second estate shall have Glory add upon their heads forever and ever.
Mortality is a learning time, a sorting time, a place where we discover who we really are and what ultimately matters to us. What we see here in God's creation is just a sampling of the glory and majesty that we can experience forever!
Those things we love and value we will care for. We each create a microcosm of our own that reflects the person we are becoming. That little world is constantly changing as we continue to learn. Often we learn by making mistakes. If our little world were defined by the strength of the light emanating from it, then we'd see it dim at times, flickering perhaps, and hopefully often shining brightly.
Those things we love and value we will care for. We each create a microcosm of our own that reflects the person we are becoming. That little world is constantly changing as we continue to learn. Often we learn by making mistakes. If our little world were defined by the strength of the light emanating from it, then we'd see it dim at times, flickering perhaps, and hopefully often shining brightly.
D&C 50: 24
That which is of God is light and he that receiveth light and continueth in God receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.
That's how I see us. We cannot control the whole world and the complex politics and economics that man has created. But we each have our own place - the small microcosm that is our own world that we are constantly altering. To the extent that we fill it with light and truth and "continueth in God" it will grow brighter and brighter until that perfect day when we shall have glory crowned upon our heads. And then all creation is ours to enjoy, never to be destroyed again. We will have fulfilled "the measure of our creation" and will have proved ourselves worthy of "eternal dominion".
The world is a beautiful, majestic place. How privileged we are to live upon this, our amazing and beautiful mortal home.
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