Lost in Wonder

Have you stopped recently to look at the little things of God’s Creation?

I was walking around the neighborhood yesterday morning with my 4-month-old baby, David, in a baby carrier. A light morning mist was falling but it was that slightly warm, humid air that makes you comfortable even when a bit wet.

David held onto my fingers and I looked at the tiny fingers that were constantly moving: rubbing, gripping, grabbing, reaching. The tiny parts of each finger: dimpled knuckles, tender baby skin, raindrop-sized fingernails. All the wonders of these small fingers planned, designed, and put together by God.

I felt the mist against my cheeks, and heard the song of a robin on a tree nearby. I thought about these little things that I so often do not notice. And I thought about how these wonders (how does rain fall in bigger or smaller drops?, why does a bird even make such interesting noises?) are all made by the creative hand of God.

Reflecting on it now, I think of one of my favorite statements in the Bible: “Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was excellent in every way” (Genesis 1:31).

Even in the busyness of life – whether work or school or relationships – it is good to stop in wonder before God’s creation.

When was the last time you took time to be lost in wonder before all the little things that God has so excellently made?