I don’t know if this is the appropriate time to post this, but I feel the urge to say this.
Try this, and think of it as a mind-opener or something like that.
For one day, for as much as you can, think of life and the world around us as works of art. Of beautiful, wonderfully created art. Examples include:
-Sunrise/sunset
-Snowflakes (that is, if you see any)
-Color changing on leaves
-The tall trees in a forest and the animals that dwell in it
-The lovely flowers and their special scents, in a garden or wild
-The great, big oceans, with the many many many amazing creatures that live in it
-The clouds, wispy or fluffy, like soft pillows and paintings in the sky. Use your imagination as you see the many shapes they can take
-The bright, glowing moon at night, full or cresent
-The stars, tiny but breathtaking nonetheless. Like little sparkling dots sprinkled over the sky.
-A rainbow. Colors ordered and arched like a magical bridge
-At the beach, see the many grains of sand, the seashells that are left on shore. Smooth and rough and in different shapes and sizes.
-Rocks, boring most of the time, but each one unique if you examine them closely.
-The huge mountains, hills, and landscapes.
-Spiders, knowing to be patient and make almost-invisible, delicate webs without anyone teaching them
-The rain, sounding like drumrolls on the roof and falling like miniature confetti from the sky. Snow, just the same, but quieter and cooler.
-The many different colors and cultures of people of the world.
And the list goes on. Look around and see the beauty of the world, like a
carefully created work of art.
Then, the next day, pay attention to detailed science. Look through a microscope if you have one, a telescope if you have one. Notice the ways how everything is functioning perfectly.
-The itty bitty cells and atoms each build up to be something, and they work so well even for something as microscopic as they are.
-The way our Solar System works. The planets revolving around the sun, and the planets’ rotations and the moons revolving around the planets- seems like a subway station to me.
-Photosynthesis, how the plants turn energy into their food.
-People and animals, how every part of the bodies, inside and out, have specific functions and benefits. Microevolution and adaptation, which help creatures change with their environment and time.
-The water cycle, going on and on, working so well.
-Even beyond Earth and our Solar System. Look at the stars and just imagine the planets that might revolve around some of them, very very very far away.
-Erosion, small changes every day for rocks, minerals, and others. Very slowly, things taking new shapes…
-Rainbows are pretty, and you know the science behind it, right? Yet, still, the science structuring something so colorful, and so vivid, is astounding. Yes, I know how they form, but I also feel amazed that something like that could appear at all.
-Ants and bees, no matter how much people can’t stand them, I think they are really good at cooperation and teamwork. And they also help keep some balance in nature.
And so on.
Either way I look at the world, as pure beauty or as the science in it, I still acknowledge a designer behind it all. The Creator set the laws of science for it to work as if a factory, a well-working invention, and put an artistic touch into it for us to be impressed.
Praise the Lord for it!
Thank you, God, for the wonders of the world. Please give us and all people the wisdom to take good care of the Earth. Amen.