A recent trip took us far from our desert home to a land of crisp air. We were met with scenery dressed in brilliant gold, burnt orange, and deep red autumn leaves. As desert-dwellers, we are also easily awed by water. We reveled at the sight of running rivers and the measureless ocean. Soaring over snow-covered peaks with luscious forests and enlarging lakes reminded us of the perfect design of God’s majestic creation.

Romans 1:20 says, “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse” (NIV).

I encourage you to take time this week delighting in what God has created for us. Look around with new eyes of awareness. What will you see? Perhaps a newborn baby, an expectant mother, changes in the weather, a starry night, fluffy clouds in a backdrop of sapphire, the fragrance of flowers, the feast of flavors in the produce section, a songbird, a silent sunrise, or a brilliant sunset.

Our Father Creator—not Mother Nature—reveals Himself to us through His creation. Romans 1:19 says, “What may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them” (NIV).

God makes Himself clear to us through what He has made. If we listen, His creation whispers—or sometimes shouts: I am here. I love you! Allow Me to show you Who I am. I long for you to know Me better. Or, I have so much in store for you.

May we witness His divine nature in nature.