Monday, February 7, 2011

The Art Around Us


"The heavens declare the glory of God, and the skies announce what his hands have made. Day after day they tell the story; night after night they tell it again. They have no speech or words; they have no voice to be heard. But their message goes out through all the world; their words go everywhere on earth." — Psalm 19:1-4a
       The orange hue of a harvest moon on a cool autumn night, the dark silhouette of trees backdropped by the pink and purple glow of dawn, the black of night dispelled by the shimmer of millions of stars on a clear night—all of these scenes reflect the glory and majesty of their Creator. I am often left awestruck by the vastness and beauty of creation. In fact, one of my favorite things to do is to sit and bask in the wonders of God displayed through the very works of His hands.
       A work of art will always point back to its creator. I always enjoy hearing the silent stories that art will speak. I find it fascinating just how much can be said through silence, and honestly, I believe that the silence of art is often more powerful than audible words. As I was driving home from a friend’s house the other day, I saw a sign outside of a firehouse that read, “Peace is seeing a sunset and knowing Who to thank.” The verses above state that creation is constantly speaking of God’s glory through its worship-inspiring beauty. It is impossible for me to witness the beauty of creation without acknowledging its Creator. While some may disagree, there is no doubt in my mind that God, the Creator of both the heavens and the earth, eternally encompasses the title of Divine Artist.


Becca Fleischer

37 comments:

  1. I am so thankful for the opportunity to showcase the talented writers that God has placed around me. I hope you all enjoy.

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  2. This is Jed

    All of creation points back to God, and all of creation silently praise God.

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  3. God has created us in his image for a reason.
    and he also created the whole earth for a reason. i am so thankfull that he created US FOR A REASON.
    I THINK HE HAD A REASON FOR THE CREATION.

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  4. SOME TIMES I THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE
    WERENT MENT TO BE CREATED
    BUT INSIDE THEM IS SOMETHING WORTH OF BEING CREATED AND
    WORKED FORBY GOD"_"

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  5. God is a greate creator......that .......we are still talking about his creation
    there must be alt of creastian people out there then
    un christian

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  6. God has done everything for us created us, died for us but,i think thats more than enogh so i praise him shoulden't you?

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  8. you should praise him becuse, HE HAS DONE EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    you have yet to live!
    lol
    not really lol
    -kim

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  9. God has created each of us in his image!

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  10. God is all-powerful and shows us this through the beauty of His creations and everything around us like the rising and setting sun

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  11. We need to set back and look at the big picture which is God's creation. He made EVERYTHING on this earth and alot of time me take it for granted. So we need to admire all of God's wonderful creation thats around us.

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  12. that is so true we cant just look at the things around and say they happened by chance something had to creat them and it only God could do that

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  13. Ember-
    I love seeing what God has created. He is so brilliant he made everything perfect and flawless. That makes me glad I'm not the creator. Think of the mistakes we could make!

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  14. the world is art, God is so creative, and we take it all for granted, if you took a vacation to go all the way around the world you would realize how creative God is. He made everything for his and our enjoyment, that would be a stressful job. . .

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  15. Tori Gallahger-
    This devotion is talking about how we should give back the praise to God for making creation! We can do things without even saying words that can praise him! Always do things in the glory of God, because he deserves it! He is so wonerful and I am so blessed to be part of his miraculous creation! I enjoy every second of it!

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  16. there must be a reason GOD created the Earth. the Earth. we need to praise HIM in the good and bad times.
    this was Parker Chaney

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  17. God wouldn't have created the world if there wasn't a reason. He knew that Adam and Eve would sin, so if he knew the world would turn agaist Him, there must be some reason, and that is the world that turned against Him.

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  18. I think that sometimes I take for graunted the yard at my house that I have ...but if i just take time to look at i will see the God's art ...its everywhere.

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  19. God made the world a beautiful place, and then sin entered in. But just think then, if we think what we see now as a beautiful world, just think of how PERFECT, and GORGEOUS Heaven will be!!

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  20. God created the earth perfecly. His creation is amazing and we need to consider Gods creation HOLY! <3

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  21. God's creation makes me speechless. On a clear night it just amazes me, l love to look at all the beautiful stars. This one night it was so amazing I saw a shooting star it had me awestruck!! God has made this earth so extravagantly, and we usually don't take time to just bask in the glory and beauty of Christ's creation.

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  22. I realized that I need to sit back and just admire how wonderful and amazing God's creation is. In the middle paragraph it lists things that God made and how wonderful they are after that it says "all of these scenes reflect the glory and majesty of their creator", and this is really cool to me because even God's creation shows how magnificent God is!

    P.S. this is Kayla

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  23. God is amazing and His work is all around us i think we all should take time out of our day to just watch and think about how wonderful God and His creations really are.

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  24. there is a story inside everything and everybody.. a story yet to be told, a story being told again. God's creation is a story to our eyes, ears, mind, and heart. He wants us to see the bigger picture of nature, to hear His voice that echoes everywhere in nature, to know and understand what those stories are, and to keep them close to your heart. Its easy to learn something new.. all you have to do is listen. But, it takes more than physical listening for you to truly hear what God is saying. You NEED to open your heart and mind. And sometimes i look at it as when you learn something new about God, you also learn something about yourself. Guys, Gods telling us a story we NEED to hear.. all you have to do is listed. R U LISTENING...?
    ~Sarah Ledger (just in case u didn't know!) ;)

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  25. Be thankful for what God has given you. He created everyone for a reason, and all have different abilities.Sit back and think about what God has created and done in my life and others. He created everything on earth, and we should take care of it. This devotion really helps me with realizing how God has worked into everyone's life and about his amazing creation.
    -Laura

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  26. As one looks around them at the beauty of the earth, how can they not know that there is a God that loves them? If no one tells a person about the gospel, they still have no excuse, because all of creation has been screaming abot its creator from the beginning of time!

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  27. Michaela-
    God created the earth for a reason. You can definitely see that he is almighty and all powerful through his beautiful creation!

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  28. all of Gods creation points to Him. so when we are sinning is that pointing to God in a good way.

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  29. well i think we all should love god and glorify him and trust and follow his word our god is sooo mighty and he created us for a reason i think we should be happy for what we have because god gave it all to us and if he wasnt here none of us would be here cause he created us for a reason i think we all should trust god because not only did he give us stuff he gave us life and his beuty of creation by making us peoples was just so amazing god created us in his own image soo that we are perfect to him and each one of us is special to him we are a masterpeice to him god seeks for peace not war and since he made earth us and everything else perfect in his own image and own disire we should praise respect and glorify him in a godly manner..........................................................




    -allison patrick:) <3

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  30. God has created us in his own image and we should praise him because he made everything and he created everything for a reason
    - <3 Gabrielle Sinn

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  31. God did make the whole world into art it is very little design that is so amazing to me and how awesome the whole world is i look at myself in the mirror sometimes and i think to myself i wish that i was different and i wish that i can just change to something that people want me to be.But then i think wait God made me so different from someone else and he made me special like everbody else and he gave a talent that i want to keep. and next when i get in my car i wonder about all the things that God made and sometimes i wonder why did God make all these animals different and why do they act the way they act. then i look at the wonderful sunset i love watching the sunset it just makes everything so wonderful and then i know that God made everything so different but in a way that God knows how wonderful and great and awesome it really is and i love to just take a walk and look around of everything and how amazing God truely is for makeing this wonderful, wonderful planet for us to live on and that is all i have to say about this

    -Paige E Patrick :)

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  32. When i think about all that God has done for me than i think of myself taking everything and i mean EVERYTHING for granted i mean im so lucky to have such an AMAZING creator with out this creation and God i would not have been able to live this amazing fantastic life that i truely love!! God deffinetly has created everything and without his brilliant creation this world would be so boring and not fun at all and we might not have been here today infact we wouldnt have been here today because we are part of HIS creation and sometimes when we look at ourselves i think that we sometimes put ourselves down but really were putting God down and if we clearly look at ourselves we are a masterpiece and im so lucky to be HIS masterpiece and creation because we ourselves could never make ANY of the stuff that God can and im just VERY thankful to be his!!!<3<3<3

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  33. I agree with dan because we dont consider that God made everything in the universe, when we look at nature we should be reminded that God is loving, merciful, and all-knowing.

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  34. We know that there is a God because there is no way that the beautiful things of the world could be made by chance. There has to be a Beautiful Creator to create beautiful things.

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  35. It's amazing to think that God made everything and everyone. We're His masterpiece. We sometimes forget that. We forget that God made us and everything around us. I know that we all go outside in the spring and see flowers, but most of us forget that someone had to have created that. God created them. It's amazing. I'm so thankful for it.

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  36. we need to praise God for everything because He is the creator and He made everything.

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  37. i gueese we need to praise him every day and live by minute

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