Let's Hear it for God!

As I was working on my sermon for Sunday, I discovered a story that I just do not have time to include, and yet it is quite profound...

My wife and I recently went on vacation and took along a camera and several rolls of film. Upon our return, my wife began proudly showing off our latest set of vacation photos; she’d then tell me her coworkers’ reactions. After a few days of this, I noticed a recurring theme. Invariably, people would say, “Wow, your husband must have a really nice camera!”

Even though people liked my photos, I was disappointed. I wanted them to acknowledge what a good photographer I am, not what a good camera I have.

I ranted to my wife: “Why do people do this? Nobody looks at a painting and says, ‘Nice brushes!’ Nobody looks at a skyscraper and says, ‘Nice drafting table!’ Nobody looks at a sculpture and says, ‘Nice chisel!’ What’s wrong with these people?”

It felt good to get that off my chest. Until my wife reminded me, “So, how often do you look at creation and say, ‘Nice work, God’?”

— Larson, Crag and Elshof, Phyllis (eds.).1001 Illustrations that Connect. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2008.p 122.

The world that surrounds us is amazing, far beyond anything that people have been able to adequately describe through the years. Let us take time to celebrate the One who has given us life in this most wonderful world. Let us praise the Creator for this marvelous work!

Let's hear it for God!