Screaming!

Psalm
19:1-2 (NIV) – The heavens proclaim the glory of God.  The skies display His craftsmanship.  Day after day they continue to speak; night
after night they make Him known.
 
Indeed God provides.  When I wrote my post In Plain Sight a few days
ago, I used many keyword searches trying to find this verse, but failed.  All combinations of the keywords God, reveal,
glory and (whole) earth didn’t identify this Psalm.  This failure identifies a fault in my
memorization technique.  My focus on
understanding the verse in general rather than reciting it word for word is insufficient.  Because something about my understanding was
off, I couldn’t effectively search.
 
So if my memorization technique
focuses on content rather than precise wording, what meaning did I miss?  My understanding was that creation reveals God’s
character.  Wrong?  No. 
Understated, yes.
 
The difference between the words reveal
and proclaim is volume.  God’s creation
doesn’t quietly uncover God’s glory, it screams
it.  God isn’t trying to hide anything.  He’s flashing neon signs of His goodness for
all to see.  God is immense – greater than
even our best scientific discoveries.  He
is a compassionate provider of food, rest, beauty, community and joy.  God is attentive to even the smallest
detail.  There is an order and a purpose
to each and every thing.
 
What screams at you from the
heavens?
 
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