Lake Bonny Park

Creation Cries

the birds soar,
flowers bloom, and bugs explore;
the lizard crawls where the rocks lie
but still creation cries

a most beautiful green, displays the grass;
the trees, from when many years passed
lived through harsh weather yet didn't die
but still creation cries

creation cries from the deepest oceans
to the tallest tree in the woods
they cry despite their splendor,
since the world doesn't see their good

the lion weeps, the bat can't sleep
has mankind fallen too steep?
will they stop to listen, see, smell
the wonders the Maker wants to tell?

For this, creation cries

"I went to Lake Bonny Park and stayed for at least 40 minutes."

When will we stop and listen to creation? It is so beautiful and filled with the fingerprints of God. The Bible says that God reveales His existence through His creaiton. Just stop and think about that for a minute...He reveals Himself through the leaves and grasses. Through the lions and bears. Through the lizards and bugs. Everything reveals the Creator that made it. Have you ever been in a science class, and one day it talked about how precise the elements must be in the water for certain fish to survive. Or about the intricate details of an orchid that fit perfectly with the body of a bee to allow it to pollinate and reproduce. Or what about the irreducible complexity of the miscroscopic engine of a flagella that has over 40 parts, and without one of those parts it would cease to work and therefore there would be no bacteria that is vital for life?

Maybe I'm just thinking too far into this, but sitting around for that long in the silence just got me to thinking about all of the wonders of creation. It was overwhelming really. I am a science major, so I hear about the beauty and complexity of creation often. But what amazes me is that we still don't know so much about it! They aren't even 100% sure how a 70ft tree manages to pull water from its roots to the the high tips of its branches without an engine system to propel the water.

I really enjoyed this field trip. This class has a lot of interesting activities, but they bring a lot of life into my work. I hope we can do more stuff like this in the future!