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The Majesty of God

April 1, 2021 by Tim Sherfy

As winter gives way to spring, everything seems a little fresher, more colorful, and brighter. The earth is awakening from its slumber and putting its full beauty on display. Everywhere you look, you see new birth and growth. As you inhale deeply of the fresh spring air, take some time to meditate on the beauty of God’s creation. Everything you see stems from His creative genius. There is not anything made that He didn’t conceive and craft (John 1:1-3).

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Look at the palette of colors on brilliant display all around. Who could imagine such an array! Go to a zoo and marvel at the diversity of design among all the creatures. Every eye, ear, nose, and shape is a product of the unlimited imagination of our Lord. What a majestic God and King our Creator is.

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The Beauty of Our God

September 3, 2020 by Tim Sherfy

Today I asked God to spend the entire day in His presence. It then occurred to me how absurd this request was. We would not last a single moment in His presence. He is too holy, too overwhelming. We have become numb to the glory of God. We ask to be in His presence without realizing we, in our sinfulness, would immediately perish. The truth is, we’ve made God too small and too normal.

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While we acknowledge He is higher than everything, we have not even begun to understand His height or depth. We have seen but a glimpse. Or have we? If we had, we would be terrified, and we would be transformed. But we are not terrified of our sinfulness, nor have our lives been yet transformed to look like Jesus.

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Of Roses and Thorns

March 30, 2020 by Tim Sherfy

In life, we can complain about the thorns among the roses, or we can marvel at the beauty of the roses among the thorns. It seems easier to complain about all that is wrong rather than discover the good amidst all the evil. The world God created is full of exquisite loveliness. On the flip side, the enemy has come and sown “tares among the wheat” (Matthew 13:24-30), ashes among the beauty.  It is up to each of us where we will focus our lives, either on the thorns or on the roses.

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I hope as a follower of Christ, the choice is easy. Nothing or no one is more beautiful than our Savior. When we see the world through His eyes, we will see the beauty of His creation through a lens of love. But followers of Jesus are not perfect. We lose our focus and see things the way the rest of the world sees them. We give in to the temptation to become so wary of the thorns we never see the roses.

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Beautiful Thoughts

November 9, 2017 by Tim Sherfy

In Philippians 4:8, Paul instructed the church to think beautiful thoughts. He encouraged them to think about whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, of moral excellence, and worthy of praise. How often are our thoughts centered on things like these? I confess my own mind is not naturally inclined to go to such places. I will also tell you when I do think of such things, my mood improves dramatically.

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Such thoughts are a natural tonic and trigger the endorphin rush we all crave. When we dwell on dreadful things, our mood sours and our hearts darken. The question we must then ask is, why do we not spend our days thinking beautiful thoughts?

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Our Majestic God

August 21, 2014 by Tim Sherfy

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My wife and I recently had the opportunity to spend some time in the mountains. It was the first time in a very long time I’ve experienced the beauty of God’s creation in that setting.  One cannot help but be in awe of the Creator when you stare up at trees that are impossibly tall and marvel at the seemingly infinite number of them congregating together. As my wife noted, it made knowing the number of hairs on your head easy compared to the sheer volume of trees we were witnessing. Perhaps it was all the more impressive for a city dweller like myself, but realizing God knows the number of trees and watches over every creature and critter inhabiting those mountains was nothing short of breath-taking.

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