Monday, July 17, 2006

HOW BLUEBERRIES GLORIFY GOD

leave it to the hottest day of the year, but my parents and i spent the afternoon yesterday on a berry farm, picking blueberries. as i crouched next to the bushes with the hot sun beating down on me, i eagerly lifted up each branch to see if there were any giant, plump, ripe blueberries hiding under the leaves. somewhere in the silence, i started thinking about how sweet and delicious they were and how i couldn't wait until i could eat some (farm rules were that you're only allowed to taste 2-3 berries or you'd be kicked off). and then my thoughts drifted onto God. He was the one who created blueberries in the first place. why did He choose to make them?

the thought then occured to me: Blueberries glorify God by being sweet. they glorify God by being to the fullest what they were designed for.

so now i'm thinking, i have something in common with these blueberries! we're both created by God to glorify Him by fully being what we're designed for. the difference, of course, is that i'm aware of this and i have a choice in who i become.

You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.
~Revelation 4:11~

4 comments:

lynnie said...

hey where'd you go get these blueberries? I wanna go picking too!

And when we going to chill girl!

xoxoxo Lynn

ols said...

i went to Andrew Scenic Acres in Milton (they should pay me for advertising...), check out: http://www.andrewsscenicacres.com .

and good question on when we're gonna chill. :) how bout... we'll set a date over email?

see u soon!

Andrew said...

hey guess what?

'olive' is an anagram to 'i love'!!!

perhaps you've already noticed in the past...hehe but i found that quite cool =)

tim chan said...

i think blueberries also glorify God by being blue