Hey look, my mike is held up by the Bible, and the nature of nature

I'd like to start out with a quote from my new friend Jay. It goes something like this, "Hey look, my mike is held up by the Bible." My drumming companion said this while he was setting up his drums and 'mic-ing' them up. He literally had the mike for one of his drums held up by the Word of God. And I thought, "hey that's true." Everything is held up by the Word, or if you want, by God's decree. Just for example, let's take a rock. It's cohesion is because of God's decree in the beginning. It is the same for any object in creation. Even us.... I am probably not conveying my deep fascination and awe of this fact, but truly, I am captivated by this thought (by the way even this thought is formed by the Word or allowance of God. How cool it that?).

Now, about the nature of nature. I've been in Tennessee this week, and it has been awesome. We have gone hiking, tubing, and white water rafting, and I am strangely...giddy.?. God has been working in my heart, and I just can't help but smile. I feel like...like a son whose loving dad is spending time with me, wrestling and having man-talk, and all that stuff. Close I guess. It's hard to put it in words. I think a lot of it has to do with this vacation. Just being in nature, and seeing the beauty of God's creation. It's been a relief for my soul. So, the nature of nature for this believer is soulful refreshment and relief, with a good dose of spiritual hugs from my transcendent Daddy. I love it!