The Creativity of God

So I've decided to take up this adventure called blogging.  For someone as closed in as me, this is definitely an adventure...to share my thoughts, to share what is on my mind....so here goes nothing.

On a recent trip to the Memphis Zoo I was reminded of how creative God is.  (And for anyone who reads this, to me God is Jehovah God who created the Heavens and the Earth, Jesus Christ who came to earth and died on a cross to provide us salvation, the Holy Spirit who lives in those of us who accept Christ as our Savior)  Face to face with this HUGE Gorilla at the zoo, he looked me directly in my eyes as if contemplating something.  What he was thinking of, I would have loved to have known.  Probably something along the lines of "I wish that goofy looking dude would get out of my face, he better be glad this glass is here."  Anyway, as he looked me in the eyes, I was amazed at how intelligent, strong, yet kind this creature was.  Further along we came to the zebras, an animal that is a favorite among children, yet often overlooked by adults.  Fortunately we stopped and really gazed closely at this extraordinary animal.  An animal that is black with white stripes...or was he white with black stripes?...I can't really remember.  An animal that is striped, and no zebra is marked the same.  How amazing is that?  Further along we found a warthog.  Besides Poomba from "The Lion King", I don't think there has ever been a cute warthog, especially this one.  This had to be one of the ugliest creatures I have ever seen. 

But this is where I got to thinking.  That warthog, that ugly warthog, was actually beautiful.  He is made exactly the way he needs to be to live where and how he lives.  That warthog was beautiful because he was so different.  Now granted, I don't want one as a pet, but he was beautiful because God made him that way for a reason.  Think for a second at all of the animals, flowers, trees, bugs that are in this world, and they all are special.  We have animals in a zoo on display, so we can take pictures, admire, explore, etc. in order to gain a better understanding of creation.

We walk around every day passing humans that are "beautiful" and "ugly" and "attractive" and "average" and "stunning" and so on, and we continually pass judgment based on their looks.  What if I were to picture every one I come in contact with through the eyes of creation, realizing that all creatures are beautiful in their own way...and that way is the fact that God created them.  He made us each different, to accomplish different goals, to reach different people, to meet different needs, but primarily to show off how amazingly creative He really is. 

All types of animals are on display in a zoo for us to spend money and gawk at, and thankfully so.  I love zoos.  But all creation is on display for free around us every day.  Will we open our eyes and begin to stare into the creative beauty of our God.


Romans 1:21