Communing with Nature.
The past two weeks I've been enjoying the beauty that is God's creation here in Idaho. I was up in the Sawtooth mountains camping and hiking for a week, then on the lake in McCall for my family's annual waterfest. While in the Sawtooths, camped at the edge of a lake at the base of two magnificent mountains, I discussed with friends the magnificence that must surely await us once creation is released from the burden of sin.
I was moved to tears a couple times by the staggering beauty of those mountains when we were hiking. And to think that everything we see is "groaning" for release...
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. Romans 8:20-22
It's unimaginable trying to figure out how much more magnificent things will look! What a glorious day that will be, for so many reasons, when we and creation are freed from the weight of sin.
Meanwhile, I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things. The news is...interesting as ever. Instead of blasting right into seriousness, I thought I'd share something that caused me to laugh out loud last night. I'm a subscriber of netflix and usually read a couple user reviews before starting a movie I've never heard of. This is by far my favorite review ever:
The description of this movie is a lie. It was written by lying liars with an agenda composed of lies about lies. Rather than millions of people being trapped beneath the earth, there are like 10 people. In one building. It is dumb. If you took dumb itself and purified it using a distilling array you would not get pure enough dumb to describe this horrible horrible movie. Horrible. Simply horrible. And dumb. Composed of stupid dumbness. And lies. If you watch this movie and complain about it I will spit on you for being dumb.
