Behold the Grandeur of the World

God's Grandeur

THE WORLD is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;					5
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;					10
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs—
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

~ Gerard Manley Hopkins

Behold the Mighty Mountains!



And the Vast Oceans!



We live in a world that was purposefully created by a God with power beyond our comprehension. He did it for His own glory and for our deep enjoyment. He formed the mountains and filled the oceans. He angers the volcanoes, gives speed to the wind, and unleashes the floodgates of Heaven to water the earth. The boundless mysteries of the world are a powerful reflection of His majesty and character. This planet is full of wonders. Every day we must try to find the glory in Creation. While we may not live among the mightiest mountains or the widest oceans, Creation surrounds us, and God is in it.

"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."

~ Romans 1:20