August 18
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalm 139:14 (NIV)
Recently I saw one of the ‘Seven wonders of the world’ - The Victoria Falls in Zambia, from the Zimbabwean side. It took my breath away by its vast beauty and amazing scenery. As I walked through the various viewing points, I kept on remarking, (loudly) “how can anyone not believe in God?” It reminded me of this story I heard from the pulpit.
After the cloning of a sheep called ‘Dolly’ in 1996, scientists around the world hailed it as a break through of enormous significance. So much so that a meeting was held amongst the scientific community, where it was decided that there was no more need for God. After a short discussion an eminent biologist agreed that he would meet with God and tell him. This is a paraphrase of the conversation.
God: “So you no longer need me, why is this?”
Man: “Well, we can finally create a living being so we are now like you, creators! Have you not seen our sheep Dolly?”
God” “My child I would never force you in to a relationship with me, but to make sure there are no regrets let us have one test. Let us both create man like I did in the beginning.”
The biologist smiled, scooped down and took a handful of earth.
God: “Oh no, make your own dirt!”
There is beauty and wonder even in the dirt of the ground. Take a moment today to discover something AWESOME made by a loving God. Start by a taking a look in the mirror.
Our song for today is the both moving and timeless hymn "How great thou art” sung by Wintley Phipps.
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Housekeeping details for you
The point of this short blog will become clear if you decide to use this reading in the way we intend it. Netherfield Seventh-day Adventist Church believes in healthy churches. You can see what that means if you head to the relevant Healthy Churches page of the website. We also want other churches to be healthy. That means you can join in our campaign to create healthy churches, with healthy people serving the people in those churches.
A healthy church is one where Jesus comes first. A healthy church is one where the people work together to put Jesus first. One thing we are doing is to join people together to spread that news. I would like you to look at our prayer partners page. This will explain how we want you to use this short devotional. Very basically we want you to find a like-minded Christian friend who you will join with to : choose to pray together every day, decide together on a way to serve other people together, to help them grow as Christians - and to invite the Holy Spirit into your life every day. This blog that you will receive every day simply gives a common spiritual purpose. If you are a newcomer and want to join the blog with this object in mind click here
