(Romans 1:19-20 ESV)
For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

This morning, before Church, I found myself sitting on my patio looking at a yellow pot with a trans-planted flower given to us by our friend, Annora.  As I looked at the beautifully intricate flower laced with pinks and whites, I mused to myself, "Wow, Awesome!"  I was transcending the cares of world just meditating on God's beautiful creation, simple yet intricately created from earth and flower bulb.  I was getting a "spiritual high" from a yellow pot and a flower.

I flashed back to days of my youth in the 60's and 70's when the "flower children" were getting high on pot and saying things like "wow, awesome" at things of little or no consequence in life.  Today, because of a new life in Christ, I have spiritual eyes unassisted by any mind altering substance to see and experience the things that are truly "fearfully and wonderfully made" by God, himself.  The greater miracle is that during times of closeness to God, I see that I, too, am fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of a loving God.  Even when looking at a yellow pot and a flower.

(Genesis 1:27-28 ESV)
   27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
   28 And God blessed them.

I must be getting old and sentimental, seeing so much in so little.  Yet some others see it, too. They too can say, "wow, awesome" when they see a flower on a Facebook page.  My hope and prayer is that they, too, will see that they are wonderfully made in the image of God, himself.  There is no other "high" like it; not even in the memories of the "flower children".

Psalm 139:13-14 (ESV)
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Stop, pray, and go get spiritually high on one of God's wonderfully made creations.  You might even see yourself in a new way.

by Pastor John