I remember camping with my parents in the Wasatch Mountains in Utah, and hiking along trails through the scrub oak, aspen groves, meadows of wildflowers, and being terrified as a large owl takes flight only a few yards away. While hauling bales of hay in the baking heat of the North Dakota fields, I remember standing in awe at the approaching ominous dark sky. Giant menacing thunderclouds rolled across the horizon with the terror of tornadoes, vicious lightning and deafening thunder within. While attending college, I walked hand in hand with my beloved along the Santa Cruz beaches. Dolphins played in the surf, Monarch butterflies gathered in the eucalyptus and firs along the cliffs, as the sun peaked through the coastal fog. I remember silently skiing through a foot of new powder as the Colorado Rocky Mountains lay before me in a breathtaking vista. In the Northwest we have stood in the spray of majestic waterfalls, gazed as the sun set over frothing waves, hiked though canyons, hunted for agates, fished for crab and trout and have made lifelong memories outdoors as a family.
When God finished each stage of creation he declared it “Good”. But after God created man in His image He declared it, “Very Good”. To God, today is not merely Earth Day, but World Day, to show His love, appreciation and devotion to His pinnacle of creation…us. For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. – John 3:16
Good Friday, the day to remember, honor and worship the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross is the day God celebrates World Day. It is the greatest demonstration of His love toward us, But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. – Romans 5:8
On this day, I am humbled to think that the glory and power of Earth’s Creator, sets me atop his creation and extends His love to me on Good Friday, the day God so loved the world…
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