Thoughts from 3/17/15

There are people who will die, never having seen the mountains, or the great oceans, or the hills and prairies of the Midwest, or the great skyscrapers of New York City. And there are people who will never understand how exhilarating it is to breathe in the cold air of a winter night and gaze up at the bright stars, and there are people who will never know the feeling of warm California sand between their toes, or understand the smell of a real Christmas tree and the warmth of a fire. Some people will never witness the magnificence of a sunrise or sunset, and some will never experience the quiet calm and peace of waking up early in the morning in the woods after a night spent in a tent. But there is a experience that every. single. person. who has ever lived has experienced: interaction with another person. Whether it was being alive in the womb, being held in someone's arms, talking with a stranger on the street, saying "thanks" to the cashier at the grocery store, making eye contact with the person 10 feet away in the library, laughing with people over corny jokes at 2 a.m., crying with someone, learning with a person... the list goes on forever. No one has ever NOT been around a person, even if that time was just at the beginning of their life. Everyone has had an experience and interaction with another human. God created so many magnificent things in the world, and we should appreciate and enjoy them because they bring glory to Him. But the thing that everyone in the human race shares is that we have all had contact with someone who is MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. The evidence of God's handiwork is right before my own eyes, and every day I get the opportunity to speak with people who were created by God and are loved by Him.