AWESOME GOD – PART 1

My family and I are currently enjoying some vacation time. One of the great aspects of any vacation is the opportunity to travel to different places and do different things.  On this past Sunday, my family and I went down to Wildwood, NJ and had a lot of fun riding the water slides at Morey’s Piers. 

After our fun filled slide experience, we left the water park to walk on the boardwalk, grab something to eat, and visit some stores.  One of the stores that we went to sold a lot of apparel and gadgets unique to Wildwood. Aside from those articles, however, was something even more memorable.  The store sells hermit crabs.  I never had a hermit crab growing up as a boy, and never desired to have such a creature as a pet.  I was a typical kid who liked dogs, cats, parakeets, and fish.  But my kids have been asking me for a while to buy them a hermit crab.  Hermit crabs are interesting little creatures.  They are tiny little crabs that crawl into shells for protection.  As they continue to grow, they have to vacate their original shell and  move into a bigger one, and then into another bigger one.  

Today is day two since purchasing this little interesting creature, and we watched him eat his food this morning.  It was fascinating to see how he ate, and how he drinks water from a sponge.  

I remarked to my girls how powerful and awesome God is to create all that He has created.  Think about it, folks! You and I can only make something from something else that already exists. For example, as humans we can build houses from wood, build fireplaces from brick, make glass from sand, and erect skyscrapers from metal.  But ONLY God can create something out of nothing! Before this universe, there was God! 

Consider this passage of Scripture:

Romans 1:20

²⁰ For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

I encouraged my kids to think about how powerful a being must be to create LIFE! Not only that, but the creation showcases so many fascinating and wonderful creatures (including hermit crabs :). By the way, my kids named their hermit crab “Sherman.” Truth is, we don’t whether this hermit crab is male or female, but we all like the name “Sherman. “

GOD is GOOD! And GOD WANTS YOU!