God's Handiwork in full display

I spent time this morning with the Lord and then working on some things prompted by one of the books I've read. I was contemplating Psalm 119 where the Psalmist declares of God that "you made me" and then he says, "Give me understanding to know your word." I found that to be a fitting prayer--the creature asking the creator to help with understanding what He has written to him. I certainly need God to help me understand His word as well.

I spent four hours hiking today and as I was walking out of the dense timber I was thinking--"The sight of blue sky dotted with cotton white clouds, the roar of the river, and occasional thundering of waterfalls, the smell of pine trees, and the sound of song birds in full chorus--what a testimony to the "eternal power and divine nature" of God (See Romans 1:18-ff)." Through what He has made His eternal power and divine nature are clearly seen so that they are without excuse. When I'm surrounded by such grandeur, such splendor, such raw power, such towering trees, such huge boulders, and such an unforgiving wilderness it puts me in my place and points me to the magnificence of God. I feel so puny, so vulnerable, so weak, so exposed, so fragile. Fact is, I'm all of those things, but it takes being in a place like this to remind me in a fresh way.

How anyone can spend much time here and not be struck by the eternal power and divine nature of God must be the work of the deceiver.

God reminded me of what I read yesterday in Colossians 1:16 (I think)--All things were created by Christ and for Christ. This majestic beauty and every creature and living thing is His.