Greater

"He must become greater;

I must become less."

JOHN 3:30

His Self-Portrait

"Christianity’s answer to the question of why creation is so beautiful is that it flows from the character of a beautiful creator. Nature is God’s self-portrait. It is not God, since God transcends what He has created, but it reveals in physical form what He is like spiritually. God creates beauty so we can know what He is like. Since He is and always has been glorious and beautiful, creation reflects this with seeable, tastable, touchable, hearable, and smellable reflections of His glory and beauty. This is what Isaiah heard the angels exulting. The whole earth is filled with His glory, and it is a ‘song about God."

Steve DeWitt, from "Eyes Open Wide: Enjoying God In Everything"

Every Creature

"In His hand is the life of every creature..."

JOB 12:10

Perfect Love

Day by Day

"So we do not lose heart.  Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.  For this light momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.  For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal."

2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

"You knitted me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made."

PSALM 139:13-14