I’m not attempting to sell you ‘insurance’; besides I figure that you already have the greatest of all policies – Eternal Life. I’ve been taking pictures again and of a surprising subject. Surprising because it is my custom to squeal, shiver and run when the little green guy comes near me. Yes, I am speaking of a gecko, or commonly referred to as a lizard. But this little guy held me nearly spell-bound today in his ‘tattered white coat’. I learned from Internet sources that his ‘white coat’ is due to the natural process of shedding. I must tell you though, I am SO grateful for a ZOOM lens! And as I have studied the many pictures I took of ‘Gecky’, I have marveled at our God. How could any of us look at any piece of creation, plant or animal, and not know He IS!
Scripture tells us in Psalm 139:14 that we are fearfully and wonderfully made and I am not comparing us to Gecky as ‘man’ according to Psalm 8 is made only a little lower than the angels which means to me that among the creatures of earth, we excel them all.
So I am offering you a ‘safe’ way to study and marvel at the incredible design and creativity of our God, even His sense of humor, if you will. If you were aware of just how squeamish I am about lizards, you would certainly appreciate Father’s sense of humor.
Let me give you a little exercise, every chance you get with your children or your grandchildren study, either up close and personal or in photography, a giraffe, a hippo, a butterfly, ants, frogs, swans, sea gulls, a rose, clouds and on and on. Pray with your little ones (and not so little ones) and ask Father to reveal to you the intricate design He wove into each of His creations. Marvel at Him and applaud Him!! He is AWESOME. Everything He created was for a purpose and one of those purposes was to REVEAL Himself to us. Look for Him in every creature you see and even Gecky won’t look so creepy anymore!!
Psalm 8:
1 O LORD, our Lord,