I couldn't sleep any longer. That's what happens with international travel. Your sleep schedule gets out of whack. And so there it was 4:30 am and feeling well rested. I laid in bed for a while musing on yesterday's devotion about creation.
Genesis chapters 1-6 paints a picture of creation. God speaks and vast expanses of land and water emerge on the face of the earth. Then God creates animals on the earth, in flight and under the waters. Then God speaks into existence humanity - male and female. It's visionary, powerful and real.
After a bit, I got the day started, found the coffee and took a cup to the observation deck of our hotel grounds. The Milky Way and vast stars were giving way to the sun's gently emerging glow. It's a sight I've seen so many times, but never in this place. The Serengeti started to wake. Colors layered in the horizon-pink, purple, grey, blue. Birds singing, hippos snorting, monkeys squawking, warthogs grunting. Creation was coming alive with the light.
A man from China and a woman from Sweden joined me on the deck. The three of us from different places in the world sharing a collective respect and awe for the awakening creation.
As I stood looking out over the sun rising on the Serengeti, I felt that sense of being held in God's wide embrace along with all of creation. As the first article of our Apostle's Creed states, I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth-moments like this lend to experiencing this belief in a profound way. If it is the Serengeti, or the park in the city, I pray you too may share this gift of being held in God's embrace, as we affirm together that we believe in God the Creator.
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