For the Beauty of the Earth

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

Genesis 1:1-2

I spent a lot of time last week staring at the ocean. Because of our location this time, I could do that practically all day from sunrise to sunset, all without leaving the house, which was good because we didn’t have the warmest weather.

From the windows of the house we could see the oceans. We saw birds, and dolphins, and on the final day a perfect rainbow, a reminder of God’s promise from Genesis 9:13.

As I watched it all I thought, as I often have in the past, that none of this poofed into existence. None of it happened by accident.

In other words, it’s laughable to think that nothing banged into nothing and poof dinosaurs.

I do not understand the “science” that looks at the intracies of creation and think that it just evolved.

Instead, in all of creation, I see the hand of the creator.

Isaac Newton said:

This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being…This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all.

Earlier this week a friend posted a picture of the Colorado Rockies covered in

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snow and shared much the same sentiment.

This didn’t just happen. It’s by design.

There are Biblial scholars who can expound on this much better than I.

But I know what I believe. I know what I see.

And when I look at creation, I see the hand of the creator.

 


 

THINGS YOU SHOULD READ

BREAKING: DeSantis signs bill investing $70 million into programs to support fatherhood
The Post Millennial
DeSantis signed HB 7065, a child welfare bill that promotes responsible fatherhood in the state and encourages their “active participation in their children’s lives.” Read More.

Youngkin amends bill, puts Loudoun County School Board members on the ballot in November
WJLA
This move comes after the Governor signed an executive order on his first day in office authorizing the Virginia Attorney General to investigate possible wrongdoing by Loudoun County School Board members and the school district regarding sexual assaults that happened in two Loudoun County schools last year. Read More

Democrats risk repeating errors from VA gov race by siding against parents’ rights
FOX NEWS
The Heritage Foundation education fellow Jonathan Butcher told Fox News Digital that any “official who is advocating against parents’ rights today is missing the importance of this cultural moment.” Read More.

10 Woke Changes Disney Is Making To Old Cartoons
The Babylon Bee
Never fear! Disney is making several changes to beloved films to make them more acceptable to today’s audiences! Read More.

BORN ON THIS DAY

The Jefferson Memorial, Washington DC

1570 – Guy Fawkes, English soldier, member of the Gunpowder Plot (probable; d. 1606)
1743 – Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd US President (d. 1826)
1866 – Butch Cassidy, American criminal (d. 1908)
1906 – Samuel Beckett, Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
1919 – Howard Keel, American actor and singer (d. 2004)
1923 – Don Adams, American actor and director (d. 2005)
1950 – Ron Perlman, American actor
1955 – Steve Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

BENEDICTION

May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 15:5-6

Living the Dream

“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.”

Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy

There I was, happy as Larry, sitting with a view of the ocean and writing.

I was living the dream.

I have long known that I do not need a special location, special equipment, or circumstances to write. I need to apply my backside to the chair and fire up the keyboard.

Still, a boy, or in this case an old man, can dream. And my writing dream has always been to be sitting in my house by the ocean, wearing a cardigan with patches on the sleeves, and working away on the next Great American Novel.

For a week, although truth be told the novel didn’t get much attention, I was living that dream.

Mug Shots

Well, without the cardigan.

But in every dream the alarm goes off.

Dorothy woke up in black and white.

Bobby Ewing stepped out of the shower.

Inauguration Day, 2021.

Too soon? Nay, my friend, its nearly too late.

I digress.

The latest alarm went off very early on Saturday morning as we had to leave early to attend a memorial observance for a dear friend. Yet another reason for the suckage of the last few years. We’ve been to far too many funerals.

But, with or without the dream, life goes on.

I suppose if I had taken that left turn in Albuquerque I might be closer to my dream.

Reality is that I was almost fifty before I could articulate the words that “I am a writer” and not just “I want to be a writer.”

Oh, to have had that recognition at an earlier age.

Many do. And many will have that best seller long before I do, if I ever do.

We were fortunate to rent the house we did, when we did. It will take more than a few bestsellers for us to be able to consider buying, or even staying longer than a week.

But, for just a few days, there I was.


THINGS YOU SHOULD READ

Musk’s Decision To Not Join Twitter’s Board Signals Potential Major Move He Can Now Make On The Company
Daily Wire
Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s decision to not join Twitter’s board reportedly means that the world’s wealthiest man is no longer restricted in how much of the company that he can buy.  Read More.

California, New York handled COVID-19 lockdowns the worst, Florida among the best, a new study shows
FOX News
New York, California, New Jersey and Illinois were among the worst in dealing with the coronavirus, performing “poorly on every measure,” the report said. Read More.

Shanghai: 26 Million Stuck In Dystopian Nightmare
Kerry Dougherty
Those of us who opposed lockdowns, mask mandates, vaccine mandates and who argued against closing schools and businesses are waiting for the government – federal and state, Republican and Democrat – to admit that they were wrong. We’re waiting for them to concede that their mitigations did little to “slow the spread” of Covid-19 and that worse, they irreparably harmed many businesses and damaged millions of schoolchildren with their stump-headed policies. Read More.

BORN ON THIS DAY

1916 – Beverly Cleary, American author (d. 2021)
1923 – Ann Miller, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2004)
1947 – David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host
1949 – Scott Turow, American lawyer and author
1950 – David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1957 – Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

BENEDICTION

May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 15:5-6