Today's Daily Bread
Golden Eagle
My son Mark and I were leaving the Clyde Peterson Ranch in Wyoming
to head back to Michigan. In the distance we spotted a huge bird sitting
in a solitary tree overlooking a steep canyon. As we approached, the
golden eagle leaped from the tree and soared out over the canyon, the
golden streaks in its feathers shimmering in the morning sun. Its
immense size and beauty filled us with wonder. We felt privileged to
witness this magnificent
demonstration of God’s awesome creativity.
Creation displays God’s “wondrous works” (Ps. 145:5). And when we
stop to meditate on those works, we can’t help but be awed as our minds
and spirits are moved to reflect on the character of the God who created
them.
That golden eagle told my son and me a story of the creative genius
of our mighty God. So does the flitting songbird, the doe with her
playful fawn, the pounding surf, and delicate little flowers such as
bachelor’s-button and spring beauty. In the most unexpected moments and
out-of-the-way places the Lord shines His glory in this world in order
to reveal Himself to us. Those serendipitous moments are opportunities
to “meditate . . . on [His] wondrous works” (v.5).
This is my Father’s world,
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas—
His hand the wonders wrought. —Babcock
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas—
His hand the wonders wrought. —Babcock
Always be on the lookout for wonder. —E. B. White
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