"Would You Lookie There..."

I saw this guy on MSN.com. At first I thought he was way crazy because he talked like some Bubba from my neck of the woods...so of course I kept watching! But what he does is amazing. He cuts trees for a living and to pass the time he cuts the limbs at an angle so the rings of the tree make a pattern. He's found images that look like birds and all kind of stuff but this one he says looks like an angel. He was cutting down a tree around Christmas and was upset because it was going to be the first Christmas he spent with out his daughter. He cut the tree, looked at the image, and wha laa! An angel appeared unto him. He said he thought it was God's way of telling him it would be okay!

I'm so in love with this!! I think the man should sell the images he finds because they are like little love letters from God. I once heard this guy preach on nature. He was totally brilliant in what he was saying and it changed my idea of nature forever! He said that God allowed flowers to be created just to give Him praise. He allowed dogs and birds (probably not cats though...well okay maybe) to make noise so that they can sing His praise. I love that! Everytime I see a rose bush (not sure why rose bushes but whatever) I always think they are just singing to God! In Matthew 6: 25-34 (it's a long one but amazing one) it's all in red which Jesus said it and which also means we should pay special attention to it! Jesus is telling us to slow down and stop fussing about all the petty stuff of the world like clothes (I know ladies, it's a hard one to swallow!). But He reminds us what His father has done in nature in this passage. He references the birds of the air and how they don't have to plant and harvest and worry with groceries (imagine a world with no WALMARTS!!) He tells us to look at the lilies of the field and how beautiful they are and how Solomon was not even as decked out they are. He even tells us to take notice of the grass which is cut and burned, he provides for it just the same even though it's life is short. He is reminding us that WE His children are more important and more valuable than these things but we don't take the time to stop and know that He is God.

This little man that I wrongly accused of being from Slapout was reminded of our God and his glory in that tree stump! God is all around us all we have to do is look Him.