It was good!

I recently took a look at a friend's pictures she posted online. I guess her family spent their Thanksgiving holiday near some caves, and they took a tour of some kind to explore one of the caves. After looking through them I decided that caves are one of my favorite things that God created. 

I've always enjoyed nature. I grew up going camping almost every month. My family was introduced to it when I was in the 2nd grade, and even though our first experience washorrible, we took camping trips almost monthly until I was a freshman in college.  I also spent every summer of my college career working in the middle of an amazingly beautiful mountain range -- Sangre de Cristo. So I've grown up in the middle of nature. I've seen trees with trunks so big you were out of breath by the time you circled the whole thing. I've climbed mountains with views that are literally breathtaking. I've seen geysers that shoot up straight in the air like rockets. I've been in the middle of lightning storms that feel like the end of the world. I've touched dinosaur fossils, gigantic plants, glaciers, and animals of all kinds. I've seen numerous waterfalls and lakes. I've even been underground exploring some of the most amazing caves in our nation. And after everything I've seen, experienced, touched or smelled, I decided tonight that caves were my favorite God-creation. 

So, what is it about God's creation that is just so enchanting? Think about it -- this Earth is so beautiful. It's filled with deserts, rain forests, oceans, tundras, mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, caves, etc, etc. All of it was created by God himself. He spoke and it was formed. And there's so much detail to this Earth, too! Have you ever studied the formation of stalagmites/stalactites?Or how powerful the tail of a kangaroo is? Earth and all creation is not just a surface thing. No, it goes much deeper than that (no pun intended). There are wonders to the wonders of this Earth. Even outside the Earth -- I mean, outer space just speaks for itself! And the greatest part? We are much more important to Him than this Earth! (Matthew 6:26) 

That's why all of this is so beautiful. The same beauty we see in a mountain sunrise or a cave millions of miles below the Earth's surface has the same beauty of God. Except God's beauty is so much more than we can imagine. I see the beauty of this Earth and think to myself, "God created this for temporary use... I wonder how God created Heaven -- a place for eternity?!" Pretty neat stuff, huh?