hidden treasures

This is probably the coolest thing I've owned in a while. 

I am continuously fascinated, delighted, and awed by the mystery and perfection of our planet. Because it echoes our beautiful, mysterious, perfect Creator. There are a few reasons I like planet earth so much.

For every animal, there is a perfect environment it is adapted to. If one small thing were to change or become unbalanced, their lives would be in danger, but their relationship to their environment and their place in the food chain is perfect, balanced, and purposeful. They were created for a purpose - to bring God glory - and this can be seen through the way earth is so meticulously balanced.

Animals move from place to place for food, water, breeding, and they know that their Creator is going to provide for them and take care of them. Just because He created them. And if our Creator will provide for a snow bird without fail, how much more will He provide for me?

I LOVE the desert footage. I think they are beautiful. They are barren, harsh, and seemingly lifeless, but as Planet Earth loves to show, there is always living creation. Even in a barren, lifeless setting. And isn't that how our Lord loves to work? 

I have been reading 1 Corinthians this week, and one of the verses that stood out to me was 2:10 "the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God." In the Planet Earth episode about caves, they travel to the depths of caves where only few people have ever stepped before. The structures inside are breathtakingly gorgeous. They show a particular type of glow worm that creates tiny strings of silicon to catch its prey; the strings glow in the darkness of the cave and it looks like a brilliant night sky.

Reading that verse in Corinthians makes me think of the beautiful things found in caves. The Spirit searches the deep things of God. Like Planet Earth searches deep into caves to find hidden treasures, so the Spirit that lives in us searches the deep things of God, to find the hidden treasures that God has freely given us. This makes me so excited about the secret treasures that God has prepared for me!  

No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him - but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.    1 Corinthians 2:9-10