Enjoying God's Creation

"Then God Said, 'Let the land sprout with vegitation-every sort of seedbearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit.  These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.'  And that is what happened...And God saw that it was good."  Genesis 1:11-12 NLT

For the last 36 hours we have had the opportunity to enjoy God's creation.  I thought of this verse as we traveled through the countryside and saw all of the lush green vegitation.  I didn't know that there were so many shades of green and then the splashes of bright Orange, red, purple and yellow scattered about.  It was absolutely AWEsome.  I thought about God creating the garden of eden and how it may have looked much like the rain forest of Costa Rica and how he must have looked much like a painter putting a splash of color here, throwing in a waterfall over there, stepping back taking a good look and saying, "It is good."  Then last night we experienced God's sense of humor as we tried to sleep with the sounds of yelping coyoties and barking of dogs in the distance having a territorial fight while in the other direction we heard a bird making a shrill whistling sound that almost sounded like a giggle every thirty seconds.  Not to mention the bats going in and out of the eaves of the cabin we are staying in.  Just as were about to fall asleep God would whisper in our ear with the buzzing of a single mosquito.  Ah yes, sleep was restless and yet we woke up appreciating all of His creation looking out on the fantastic view of the city down below us and eager to get started on our building projects for the day.
Yvonne