Creation Inspirations Blog

There are many people who are either not a fan of spiders or who are quite afraid of them. While a spider arriving unannounced as they often do can be momentarily unnerving, they are still incredibly miraculously made creatures and powerful examples of the genius of our Creator God.

This post by Dr Dino today offers lots of amazing and fascinating facts that will hopefully  inspire at least a  little love for those little 8 legged guys.

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Cheryl Pickett

Have you ever stopped to think about that fact that time was created just like everything else in the universe? In Genesis it says God set the sun and moon to divide day and night-He created time.  Humans have added the clock and calendar elements of measure, but God’s designed and set it into motion.

In a few days, we will welcome in 2011. For many, the New Year is viewed as the time to start fresh, set goals and put dreams into motion.  For Christians, it can also be a reminder that we are made new through the Christ of Christmas and a new year offers new opportunities to serve our loving & creator God.

A happy, joy-filled and inspired New Year to you all!

Cheryl Pickett

Did you know that in a transplant situation, once the recipient’s body is brought back to normal temperatures (it’s cooled for surgery) most of the time the new heart will start beating on it’s own? I just heard that fact the other day from a heart surgeon.

Think about that-as complicated an organ as the heart is with all the valves and vessels running through it, it can get right back to the job it was designed to do even after going through that much trauma.

Put your hand over your heart for a minute. Feel that? That’s God’s awesome design at work in you, right now!

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14

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Cheryl Pickett

Conversations with kids about God and faith don’t need to be complicated to be effective. If you are blessed to live in or visit an area where fall colors abound either in the trees or fields of pumpkins and gourds, one simple conversation starter can go like this:

Look at how beautiful those trees are! (If the child is younger, ask him/her how many colors they can name). Look at that entire field filled with all that orange.

Earth is sort of like a big canvass for God isn’t it? He paints gorgeous pictures for us every day just like this one. He does a great job doesn’t He?

What colors do you like best? What if you could help God color the trees or the pumpkins, what colors would you tell Him to use? Why?

And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. Genesis 2: 9a

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Cheryl Pickett

Whether you like to fish or not, this is a fun story. A man named Steve Wozniak now holds a unique title-the person who has caught 1000 different kinds of fish probably the most ever!  It’s also interesting to note that fishing is not his full time job. He accomplished this feat using his free time as he traveled the world for business, fishing during his breaks/time off.

What does this have to do with Creation Inspirations? Plenty! First, it’s yet another example of how there is inspiration all around us. This story, as written,  has nothing to do with God or  faith, but we can find a faith lesson in it without looking very hard.

Just think for a moment, he didn’t catch 1000 fish, but 1000 different kinds of fish. According to the article, he caught common species like perch and tuna but he also caught soapfish, goatfish and a spotted wobbegong (which I am totally going to research, I can’t wait to to see what they look like).

This story is full of Creation Inspiration because I find it nearly impossible to consider that list and not feel a sense of how awesome our Creator God is. He knows each of these fantastic creatures along with the hundreds ore even thousands we know nothing about yet. Also, as weird and strange as they may seem to us, each has its place in the grand scheme of things and God knows how that works too. Again, how awesome is that!

And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” Genesis 1:20 NIV

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Cheryl Pickett