Sunsets & Spiderwebs

I'm not sure what it is about sunsets that has me so enthralled. I've taken hundreds of pictures of sunsets through the years whenever the color and clouds turn particularly beautiful on an evening. Maybe its because I see many more sunsets than I do sunrises (Although I've been known to take pictures of those, too, when I see them!)


I guess part of it is that I enjoy the beauty of this creation so much. It's non uncommon for me to just stop and look at some tree or flower or spiderweb and just ponder it. How did it get it's shape? How was it conceived? For whom was it created? Maybe some of these things are just for our eyes. Where thousands of human eyes could have met with a particular vision of creation yet none even paying attention but your eyes or mine. Sometimes they may be just for us (or to quote a great James Bond film, "For Your Eyes Only.") I believe God is speaking through images like this, just to us!

These creations, trees, sunsets, and spiderwebs, are fingerprints of the Creator. They show us the constant imaginative and active hand of a creative God, who paints sunsets (and sunrises) from a palate of infinite colors, who weaves silk into the most delicate lace for spiders to dwell. They also show that this Creative God cares about the details of life, even the things we may not notice or ever see. This God is paying attention to the details of our lives as well, painting beauty even amidst our trials.

I've noticed that on clear days, without cloud in the sky, that the sunsets are not nearly as pretty. It's on days when the storms have ceased and many tall clouds remain in a speckled sky that the colors and beauty of the sunset explodes across the horizon. And our lives are made even more beautiful through our struggles because of our creative, artistic God.

I marvel at sunsets because God is busy painting...

...my life!


And yours.

Peace ><>
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