You Just Had to Be There

"Jesus is faithful to God, who appointed him, in the same way that Moses was faithful when he served in God’s house. Jesus deserves more praise than Moses in the same way that the builder of a house is praised more than the house. After all, every house has a builder. But the builder of everything is God.” Hebrews 3:2–4
My entire adult life has been spent being involved with the design and building of houses and other structures. I take pride in the buildings I have worked on. I have never, however, considered my structures even close to the beauty of God’s creations. What I have done pales in comparison.

I have sat in art classes to try to learn how to paint in watercolor. When I look at the sky and clouds for instance, and try to paint it on paper, there is no way that I can even come close to the beauty of what God has created. I can only make a clumsy attempt to copy what He has done. I marvel at the beauty of a sunset, clouds in the sky, or a tree or flower. We are placed on this earth that is filled with seas, mountains, trees, flowers, and animals, and He covers it all in a beautiful sky, and I am in awe of this every day.

Even in my photography work I try to capture nature, and I find that it is impossible to capture an image in my camera that really shows the beauty of a beach scene or a mountain view. As the saying goes, “you just have to be there and see it for yourself”. I’m sure you have experienced going on vacation, taking pictures, and returning home, and showing them to your family and thinking, this really doesn't begin to reflect the true beauty of what I saw!

When you look at an old house that is in the stages of deteriorating and falling to the ground you begin to realize that everything that man builds is only temporary, and eventually turns back to dust. What we create is only here for a short period in God’s time. He takes care of, and provides food for, even the little birds, and creates mountains out of the sea. Truly God is the “master builder” of this beautiful world in which we live.

Written by Jim Kunkle