Walking through an art gallery

I'm about halfway through Brian McLaren's More Ready Than You Realize. It's yet another thought provoking piece of the journey I'm currently on. I'll definitely post more later from this book.

For today, one quote:

...as we wander through the universe, we are not just encountering meaningless stuff; rather, we are walking through an art gallery, filled with objects full of meaning, expressiveness, revelation of the Creator's heart, intelligence, compassion, and whimsy.

I posted a couple of days ago using the quote from The Power of Serving Others...about how we can't lock eyes with someone God doesn't love passionately (my paraphrase). This quote, from today, expands that a bazillion times over.

Can you imagine the depth of the universe? The total depth of creation? I don't think I can even begin to think on that level. But just stop and think...everything...absolutely everything you see around you (not even mentioning the things that we can't see) is valuable to God.

Let the depth of that thought sink in. Can you imagine how life-changing that could be if that was on your mind from the time you woke up to the time you fell asleep?

Wow! Reading that today, I'm just in awe of Him!!