Scott and I love watching the Discovery Channel. We don't have cable at our house, but whenever we go to my parents house we immediately turn on the Discovery Channel.
I think we both love it so much because we see things that amaze us! Our favorite subject to discover is Deep Sea Creatures! Wow! I am shocked by the variety of creatures out there and just how uniquely made each one is.
The other day we were watching a show on octopuses (octopi?). We were both just in awe of these magnificent creatures! I was trying to cook and Scott kept yelling, "babe, you gotta see this! Come look, hurry hurry. Look how awesome this is!"
Some octopuses could make the pigment in their cells change color so they looked like flashing neon signs, and this warned their predators to "stay away cause I'm bright and flashing and I just might be poisonous if you eat me!"
Others would find a shell or bottle or whatever and carry it around and use it for shelter. It was so cute to see these creatures carry around their little houses everywhere they went!
Others were about an inch in size, soooo tiny and so hard to find that they were rarely caught on tape. Others were soooo monstrous you wouldn't believe!
Each creature was so intricately designed, so uniquely made, how could you not believe in God the Creator?
I've heard some mothers say that babies make them believe in God.
Shauna Niequist, author of Cold Tangerines, said that "babies really do make you believe in God because there's something just beyond understanding about their freshness and fragility and their smell and their toes. "
Now, like I said we don't have cable, and some people believe television is a huge distraction in their lives, BUT I say that if I had the Discovery Channel I think my spiritual life would get a boost.
To sit and watch and learn all day about the things God has made! Wow! I am in awe of Him everytime I learn about the deep sea creatures, the galapagos islands, outer space, and the rainforests!
What things remind you of God in your daily life? What things in this life take your breath away and leave you just in awe of Him?
Perhaps sunrises or sunsets? The perfect margarita? Thunderstorms? OOOOH thunderstorms, that's a good one!
waking up. most days i wake up and think, damn, i made it through, i'm so thankful. animals, enough said. hebrew. hugs. when i realize life is not about me, my breath is always taken away.
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