I’ve been reading Genesis – the first book in the Bible – and once again I have been overwhelmed by God’s amazing creation.

The Painted Desert. The Northern lights. The Milky Way. The blue whale. The Tiny little micro-organs.Genetic Code DNA.  And so it goes on and on – it is truly amazing  – the extraordinary creations.

When you stop to consider just how sensitive our world is – The Sun. The Moon. The universe. The very atmosphere. The beaches and the surf.

Sue and I walk each Saturday morning at the beaches near our home, looking at the surf, and the extraordinary beaches are astounding and never cease to amaze us.

Each Saturday, the beaches are unique and beautiful – sometimes so beautiful they catch your breath – the sand and the surf – the bright morning sun, the glittering reflections on the waves, the surfers and the swimmers all enjoying themselves.

Yet other times it can be quite quite different – the wintertime – the darkness, the coldness of the beach – hardly anyone around – often the waves are so big and it is so so cold – BUT…

It is extraordinary how different it all looks week after week – often after maybe a cyclone off the coast, the waves are huge and extremely dangerous – the sand on the beaches washed away, leaving exposed rocks and many trees and logs washed up on what remains of the beach, and yet…..

The next week it’s all so peaceful and beautiful – it never ever ceases to amaze us and it keeps resounding constantly of the huge reminders of just how amazing is our Creator God.

God brought all of these incredible creations into existence with just a word or a nod – Genesis is awesome – a must-read!

How can you not respect a Creator with that kind of power? Do you take time to think about how incredible this world is, and how about the fact that we are all so different and unique? God made us all so different – not one of us is exactly the same – even identical or fraternal twins are different. God indeed made us all unique.

The awe-inspiring beauty highlights God’s original plan for the entire universe and reflects his nature of wisdom, intelligence, and absolute care of all things. All of us tend to take so much for granted…

We walk outside and see the world around us, often without any thought of its incredible majesty, wonder, and total grandness! We take for granted the very sky, the sun, the mountains, the trees – the ocean, any of which is enough to overwhelm us by its very beauty, hostility, and magnitude. We take it all for granted.

It’s only I who stops. Look. Listen and contemplate just how magnificent God’s creation is. The day, the night, the twilight – the sunrise and sunset – are truly incredible.

This is from Colossians 1: 15-17 “He (Jesus) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, For by Him all things were created; Things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by Him and for Him. he is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”

When we read Genesis, it captures the sweeping story of a world that swings from perfect to pathetic – from flawless to fallen – our world is still beautiful and fully awesome, BUT think just how truly magnificent it would have continued to be if sin hadn’t entered.

When sin enters our perfect world, and when you read Genesis, you’ll find a world of lust, murder, incest, lying, cheating, stealing, and power-grabbing. Pretty horrible, really, but one solid theme resonates through the Bible, and that is,  when Jesus returns, a perfect world will one day be restored.

The awesome God who created our world wants to know each of us personally, and He has made a way that we can do just that. We can believe and accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour  – Jesus needs to come into our lives. We need to confess our sins – and probably do this on a VERY regular basis – and invite Him into our lives and hearts.

We need to not hold grudges against anybody – harder sometimes than we may imagine, especially if people have really hurt us in some way. When you consider what Jesus went through in his life here on earth, what he went through on that extraordinarily cruel cross, and how he forgave the very ones who did that to Him, then who am I to find it in my heart not to forgive?

Tomorrow, Sue and I will get up pretty early, and God willing, we will make our way to Bar Beach in Newcastle. Sue will take her weekly pilgrimage along the esplanade covering Bar Beach, Dixon Park, and Merewether Beach, and then make her way back from where we started and meet up with me. I personally will do the same, except I’ll be on the beach taking a slow trot along the sand and back – that is, if there is any sand left after the terrible weather we have had. Then it’s brekky time and great coffee from any number of Newcastle cafes selling breakfast.

God bless – have an awesome week – and don’t forget God wants you to give Him your heart and invite Him into your life.

See you next time