Saturday, May 10, 2008

God of creation

Sometimes I forget how evident God's power is in creation.

For instance, I love trees, but overlook how intricately complex each single leaf is, and the fact that they were designed for a specific purpose...and how much care and thought went into creating each one.

And on a larger scale, sometimes God's power is frightening. At the same time that I'm fascinated by cumulonimbus clouds, they can pack a mean punch which starts my heart racing with each crack of lightning.

A volcano erupted last week, down in Chile. Here's what it looked like from space:



In reading various reports about it, scientists think that it last erupted about 9,000 years ago. I didn't know this, but apparently volcanic eruptions can spark thunderstorms with some intense lightning. It looked like this in Chile:



Can you even fathom the power and force trapped in this cloud of ash? All of that energy, created by nothing but natural forces. No generators. No plugs. No scientists. Just the pure, raw display of nature. God's creation.



Beautiful and terrible all at once.

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