"We - or at least I - shall not be able to adore God on the highest occasions if we have learned no habit of doing so on the lowest. At best, our faith and reason will tell us that He is adorable, but we shall not have found Him so, nor have "tasted and seen." Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy. These pure and spontaneous pleasures are "patches of Godlight" in the woods of our experience."
C.S. Lewis (excerpt from The Quotable Lewis page 35)
From the sunlight mountaintop and the low valley, the LORD remains praiseworthy. His glory is displayed for all to see through His wondrous creation. Whilst some deify creation as notable in itself, those who know the most high God find reasons to praise Him in all He has made: from the vastness of space to the intricate designs and behaviour in human, animal, and plant life, God is glorified.
It is not often people in Sydney have the opportunity to sit under the vast black canopy of stars without the sound and light pollution of the city, but I highly encourage it. This week I had a chance to visit a rustic property (Andy's Flat) near Cooma in New South Wales, a five-hour drive south. One thing I love about Australia is the abundance of wildlife in the city, suburbs, or country. We have a resident eastern blue-tongue lizard who lives under our deck, and many varieties of birds. At the property near Cooma there were wild goats and hogs, kangaroo, wallabies, echidnas, foxes, platypus, and more. People scan the heavens looking for a sign of life, and this earth is crammed with it.
Check out some picture from the trip below, enjoy the sights of Andy's flat, and praise God who created such beauty!
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