While riding my Harley between Carbondale and McLure Pass in southwest Colorado last Monday I stopped to look at a scenic view of the mountain range. The snow was beginning to melt and the ice-cold waterfalls were already cascading into the ravines. It was breathtaking. In addition there were remains of two avalanches on the pass from last winter containing rocks and trees in the debris testifying to God's ferocity in nature as well as beauty. And I thought, "God is in control of it all." I experienced the pleasure of enjoying God's common grace to humanity. Its "common" because all who stop at that overlook will enjoy the majestic scenery. Thus God's common grace is available to all. He uses the beauty of his creation, however, to attract us to him telling us there is something far more sublime than is available to our five senses. That Sublimity is Him. So he uses creation to draw us to his special grace. That special grace is his Son Jesus who was with him at creation and also is responsible for the beauty and the ferocity we behold in nature. This spring take time to get out and enjoy nature. Behold God's creativity as you marvel at his masterpieces in nature. And then open your heart to the masterpiece he wants to create in you through faith in his Son Jesus.
