Remembering Wonders

   This is our last day over here in Arkansas, and one of our most pleasurable experiences has been to take walks with the kids. A couple of times we have walked over to the campus and gone through the Jewel Moore Nature Reserve which sits on the south side of the university property, close to playing fields and busy roadways.

   So this morning I went back to stroll through the trails one more time. I thought, as I walked, of the other visits this weekend with our grand daughter and her mom. It was great to see the flora and fauna through the eyes of a 9 year old and hear her talk about the various things that she was seeing.

   I thought also about the wonders of God's creation and how little time I stop to see and wonder. One of the features of this Reserve is a prairie restoration project which seeks to replicate what the area looked like before the current civilization urbanized these lands.

   I can hardly imagine what the early pioneers thought when they came upon fields covered like this, or, in fact, what Native Americans lived in prior to that. Was there a sense of awe and wonder as to what God had done, and an appreciation of His work?

   In Psalm 111 there is a verse that states:

   "He has made His wonders to be remembered;"

   Wonders to be remembered.

   And so I am grateful this morning for the people who made my walk possible, who thought it was important to show future generations what a glorious masterpiece God created, one that can be seen in history texts for sure, but so much better in experiencing it firsthand on any early morning.