Amaze Me!

There are three things that amaze me—no, four things that I don’t understand:how an eagle glides through the sky,how a snake slithers on a rock,how a ship navigates the ocean,how a man loves a woman.

Proverbs 30:18-19

Four amazing things: it is good to sometimes ponder and just enjoy some of the amazing things in nature that really can’t be explained. In the natural world, God has placed his signature deeply in creation.

Let’s ponder the majestic beauty of an eagle soaring. It can soar at an altitude of up to ten thousand feet and achieve speeds of thirty-five miles per hour. Bald eagles weigh only ten to fourteen pounds, have seven thousand feathers, are good swimmers, mate for life, and are at the top of the food chain. All eagles are renowned for their excellent eyesight. Soaring at one thousand feet, they can identify a rabbit moving almost a mile away.

A snake has no feet, leaves no footprints, and yet, it’s lightning fast. Amazing, and a little scary.

A ship on the sea weighs thousands of tons, and yet, it leaves no trail and does not sink. For thousands of years, sailing ships have been driven by the wind and the currents and navigated by the stars. Surely this is amazing.

The fourth on our list is the way a man falls in love with a woman. We never tire of a sweet love story, do we?

But the most wonderful thing of all is God’s love for us. “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son” (John 3:16, NKJV). Now, that’s amazing!

Make It Personal . . . Live It Out!

Although all of God’s creation is awesome and astounding, there is nothing quite as amazing as you. You are his masterpiece. You were created in his image. Although you spent your first half hour of life contained in one cell the size of a sugar granule, you were already you. As Dr. Seuss has said, “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” No one ever possessed your exact DNA or your fingerprint. You are not a one-size-fits-all. Go to bed tonight knowing that he who flung the stars into space is watching over you with love.

One Year Bible Reading

Zechariah 2:1–3:10; Revelation 12:18–13:18; Psalm 141:1-10; Proverbs 30:18-20