One extraordinary way God revealed Himself to me in
Australia was through His creation. Our
off-days were baller. However, it was
like I had blinders on. I realize now
that I missed soaking in God’s artistry.
It clicked when we walked down to the beach one mile from our contact’s
home to watch the sunset. The water was
warm, and the air was crisp and all we had to do was sit back and take it
in. Me, Steve, and Phil climbed up on
some rocks and just watched and waited till the bright, yellow sky slowly faded
into grey. I’ve seen a lot of sunsets in
my day and this one that easily sticks out in my mind. The sun had disappeared but I found myself
lost in the extravagance of God’s work.
Like I said I’ve seen a pretty good amount of sunsets in various places,
but then there are those instances where nature just flat-out hits you; this
was one of those times. I stood there
more alive that entire month, but speechless.
What came out of my mouth were incomplete sentences…gibberish
really. My mind couldn’t comprehend
something so astonishingly beautiful. I
was left with the question of why we hadn’t gone to watch the sunset at the
beach every night.
Our last night in Australia, the 11 of us went out to
the beach one last time to watch a glorious sunset and it was nothing short of
that. We were watching perfection
transforming into perfection every second.
I thought our previous sunset was incredible…well it just got beat. The only way that it can be explained is
through pictures.
I guess I wanted to share that God’s creation and nature
will always leave us in awe no matter what state-of-mind we are in. I know that from the month in Australia His artist nature is so far beyond my comprehension that I couldn’t help but be
awe-struck by His inexplicable magnificence. It trumped any feeling of inadequacy,
unworthiness, or indifference. Maybe it
was God’s way of telling me to get over myself…
