Picnic of grace...

Psalm 139:14a
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works...


As we picnicked under the shade of a weeping willow, Patrick said, "boy TonnTonn, it sure is nice to eat outside!" I smiled and simply took in, not just the loveliness of the moment, but, the beauty of the chaos as well. The kids ran and laughed and played against the ever changing back drop of life As my heart pumped life to my physical body, the breath of the Holy Spirit to my soul; I was simply amazed by the graciousness and goodness of my Lord!

Over the last couple weeks, I have been prompted within my Spirit to meditate upon God our creator... And when I sit back and really take in all the beauty of His creation, I am amazed; but while everything He made was deemed good, WE are yet His most glorious creation for we were created on HIS very image!

If we had no other witness to the God other than the earth itself, we could not deny His existence. But WOW, the amazing facts about us as His creation are liken unto one letter, in a word , in a sentence, in a paragraph, on a page, contained in one volume in a series of books where the story never ends...

For instance, did you know that...

The human bone is as strong as granite in supporting weight. A block of bone the size of a matchbox can support 9 tons- that is four times as much as concrete can support.

Ecclesiastes 11:5
5As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.


Or...
That the focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.

Psalm 25:15-16
15Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

And hmmm...
In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.

2 Kings 4:34
34And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.


What about the staggering fact that...
Our nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour. Ever wonder how you can react so fast to things around you or feel pain the instant you hurt yourself? This is why!


Or how about this...
Your brain is much more active at night than during the day

Daniel 2:29-30
29As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

And...
When you sleep, you grow by about 8mm (0.3in). The next day you shrink back to your former height. The reason is that your cartilage discs are squeezed like sponges by the force of gravity when you stand or sit.

Psalm 4:8
8I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

This fact blows me out of the water...
The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Lamentations 3:21
21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

Philippians 4:8-9
8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

...And when "the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul"(Genesis 2:7)
He made your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

What about the fact that...
Our sneezes regularly exceed 100 mph...
and if you think God created OUR sneeze to be that fast and forceful, just look at what HIS did...

Exodus 15:8
8And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

And we all like to eat right? Well...
During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools. In order for anything to have a taste, chemicals from the substance must be dissolved by saliva.
God is so awesome! Not only did He make the food, he made it so we could enjoy every bite!

Job 34:3-4
3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.


...and why oh why do we NOT beam from ear to ear more often when it only takes 17 muscles to smile and so much more effort to frown by using 43?
We have too many reasons to be joyful!!

Psalm 144:15
15Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

And the Lord made me go "hmmmm" when I learned this little tid bit...
The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.

Psalm 34:13
13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile

And...
The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone.

Psalm 35:27
27Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.


Oh be careful little feet where you go cause...
The feet account for one quarter of all the human body’s bones. Of the two hundred or so bones in the body, the feet contain 52 of them. You use 200 muscles to take one step...no wonder we need to put on the shoes of the Gospel ;-)

Psalm 119:105
105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path


And one last truth that made my heart soar...

A baby acquires fingerprints in the womb at six months. At only 6-13 weeks of development, the ridges of what will be fingerprints have already developed. And they don't change from that moment on! There is no one person the same as the other...we may have similar traits...but in God's infinite wisdom and creative love, He made us unique, incredibly special and totally identifiable as separate individuals! ...look at us...each finger with a different print ...just try, for a moment, to fathom this...10 per person and how many people are on the planet? And we increase in number every day...STAGGERING!!! The mind of God...who can know it? No one!


Psalm 139:13
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. 16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

We are forever finding out the newness of His creation, the newness of the Human mind, body and spirit.

"In the beginning God created" is the very foundation of our faith. Knowing this to be a truth beyond any other is the basis of why we believe all the other wonderful promises of our Lord! And there will never be an artist as creative, an author's pen more exciting; no inventor with more genius, not a baker's dish with spices more savory, nor a musician's ear more in tune than Elohim, our creator, our GOD's

So, Patrick, I agree...it WAS nice to eat outside today!!