I’m a photographer. I see things in the world around me all the time that I want to get a good photo of. Beautiful things like flowers in a certain light at an angle that makes the petals glow. Or some interesting rock formation silhouetted by a vivid sunset. I love to look at these photos later and upload them to my website for others to enjoy.

But no matter how beautiful my end product, it is only a dull copy of something that God created. I’m a plagiarist, a forger. God is a true artist.

“Our Lord and God, you are worthy to receive glory and honor and power, because you have created all things, and by your will they exist and were created.” (Revelation‬ ‭4‬:‭11,‬ ‭CSB‬‬)

God’s creation is astonishing in its variety, depth, cleverness, beauty, vastness, and always-changing nature. My mind boggles at the complexity when contemplating just one single aspect of His creation. Watching the clouds shift and dance, billow and unfurl as the sunset colors wash over them is captivating. I think of all that beauty created with water vapors and atmospheric pressures. God’s art is just there, unsigned, for all to see and enjoy.

Does God watch His sunsets with me, wondering what I think? Perhaps He watches me instead, enjoying the warmth of my appreciation as the beauty shifts and unfolds.

Dear God, thank you for your amazing and inspiring creation. It is beyond anything I could ever dream up. The blue sky, snowflakes, the microscopic world, colors, the way my lungs work, the fur of a cat and its scratchy little tongue… Your world is truly astounding. You deserve all the praise, glory, and honor for such a creation!