the blue of the sky

Do you think God had fun when he picked out the colors for the sky or the shade for the foliage or the sparkle for the stars? 

I thank God today for showing me himself in the mundane. Sometimes, I don’t see it. I’m buried in a game of candy crush or picking just the right Instagram filter to highlight the intricacy of my latest meal. But today there were no filters. I picked my head up from my overused piece of technology and looked up. Suddenly, I saw God in the blue of the sky. I saw Him in the way the fall leaves danced when a cool breeze rushed by. I saw Him in the way the sun peaked out from behind an old church. They were all things I had seen before, but instead of seeing ordinary I saw nothing but extraordinary.

God knew, even before I was an idea in my mother’s mind that I would walk past this tree blushed with color on my way to class. God knew, even before the Earth was in existence that I would witness people interacting and laughing as they walk through a path riddled with colorful leaves and traces of snow. God knew, that the most incredible tree (my absolute favorite on campus) would sprout up right in front of my apartment building so I could be in awe of the complexity of it’s character and ultimately of it's creator. 

 “The heavens declare the glory of God;

the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.” 

~ Psalm 19:1-4

Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.. 

Are you listening?