Do you ever just look at the sky in awe?  I had a lot of time over the last couple weeks to contemplate the sky. I took picture after picture.  Each just as beautiful as the next and always different.  Each way I turned my head was a new, beautiful view.

This time enjoying the views of the sky was through changed eyes to see more than the clouds themselves but a true masterpiece.

I look at the sky now much differently than I once did.  The turning point for me came with a challenge from a Bible study I completed several years ago. We were encouraged to wake up and watch the sun rise.  I was given verses to guide my thoughts to the One whose mercies are new every morning.

New mercies, new day, new light. I could see them all approaching as the colors with which He ushered in the new morning burst into view.  As I watched the colors roll up to fill the sky I contemplated how God is merciful to reveal this beauty to us each morning.

His mercies wash away the darkness with new beginnings.  My mind began to wrap around the reality that God is constantly painting a morning sunrise and the clouds that fill the day.  As the earth turns He is constantly painting a sunset and stars flooding the night.  It is a rotating masterpiece in constant creation.  God is the one who paints the skies.  They are in a continuously new creation of art.

Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.”

This realization was in the forefront of my mind as my family was traveling and I spent days looking at the landscape, the road, and the sky.  Now when I look at the sky it is with excitement.  I get to see the handiwork of God.  I get a glimpse of His constant creating.  I am reminded that God continues to hold this world in His hands (Psalm 95:4).  I see His greatness and His care for us. He is the painter of the sky.  The One who creates.  The One who shares this beauty with us.  The One who said it is good and continues to make good things.

When I look at the beauty, I am in awe of the imagination with which God creates down to the most intricate detail.  I am overwhelmed at the scale and the time that He spends on His masterpiece.

My time contemplating the sky and the One who paints it has brought me more questions than answers.

Why does He take the time to create such beauty?

What lessons can we learn from His patience in creating?

What does this realization of God’s constant creating teach us about His character and His care for us?

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