The beauty of His grace, the power of His love

I have recently been playing around with 'Google sketch up', drawing up my designs of Play ground equipment, and decided to try out my doodles as well. They may look a bit child-like, but i am enjoying trying things out. I just had to draw something to express some of the ideas floating in my head. Afterwards, I looked at it, and thought, that looks so pedestrian! Well, never mind about pedestrian illustrations and my discoveries with a drawing programme, and on to the substantive ideas floating in my head........
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I was sitting in a chair inside my room with my back to the window, and I could hear a large bluebottle fly buzzing past my window at top speed, outside, on the other side of the mosquito mesh. I was intrigued that such a loud noise was coming from a small creature, and also the fact that the noise does not come from its mouth! The noise comes from their wings flapping at high speed . It is interesting to note that man takes the credit for having 'invented' all sorts of sophisticated 'rotor blades' that are used in many technology solutions.

The avian family have vocal chords and distinguish themselves with their unique 'bird songs', quite apart from other distinguishing features such as colour, size, shape of beak , feet etc. Giraffes do not have a voice, but they distinguish themselves with their graceful long necks and i think their long eyelashes fringing their beautiful eyes are adorable. Crickets don't actually make a sound from their mouths either but can tune up quite a loud noise , with their own sounds generated from rubbing their wings together. Dogs can hear sounds that are inaudible to the human ear. I don't know why these facts have presented themselves in my mind this morning. It is all a bit random!

However, i observe that the beauty of creation is around us everywhere. Everything has been specially crafted with its own unique design. I know that I am stating the obvious here, but can these things ever be said too often? Can I please appreciate creation and then bow to the master, the creator, the ultimate designer of all time?
Please indulge me.

I believe God's plan in crafting each unique thing is that each one has its own 'voice', each one has been given characteristics and tools with which to express the beauty of how they were created. Each one is given these , and the opportunity to utilise them ultimately to pay back the glory to the one who made them. Each one has the potential to be a reflection of the power of its creator.

No matter the limitations, real or imagined that I have, I am plugged into this idea that I must transcend these and find every possible means of reflecting the beauty of His grace and the power of His love.

So, go ahead, be what God created you to be, join the throng of all creation and distinguish yourself in the ways God intended. Enjoy the knowledge that you are in His purpose.


Let everything that has breath praise The Lord
Psalm 150:6


My own little Psalm of praise.....

I praise you with my voice
With the rushing of breath through my nose 
With the beat of my heart
With the sound of my footsteps

I praise you
With no sound at all
In stillness
I bow
Fear is gone
Your love is near
I bow
And I hear your voice