A Beautiful Work of Art

Gathering Rain Clouds at Maple Grove

How beautiful the sky is.  God creates a different painting on His canvas every day--never, ever the same twice!  In these gathering rain clouds God captures the colors, lights and shadows of His creation into a beautiful work of art, and they reflect His glory!

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world" (Psalm 19:1-4).

It is the same with our lives!  We, too, are God's canvas, and He creates each one of us beautifully and uniquely--no two the same.  Just as He gathers the rain clouds to bring forth water to nourish the earth, Christ gathers His people to do good works and declare His glory throughout the world. 

"Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. . . . Save us, LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise" (Psalm 106:1, 47).