All Things to His Glory

November29
The teachings of the Lord are perfect; they give new strength. The rules of the Lord can be trusted; they make plain people wise. The orders of the Lord are right; they make people happy. The commands of the Lord are pure; they light up the way." Psalm 19:7, 8
A PORTRAIT PAINTED WITH WORDS

It was 1898. Ben had left the East eight years ago to head out West in hopes of making his fortune. Well, he wasn't rich, but he had accumulated over 300 acres of good land and built a comfortable farm house on it. He raised wheat, corn, and all of his vegetables. His cattle herd was more than 200 head. Having accomplished all of this, he decided that it was now time.

The ad that he placed in the New York newspaper said, "Wanted: A good woman willing to be a pen pal. Marriage is a possibility for the right woman."

Before long, he began receiving letters from Molly. Their correspondence turned into love. Now, here he stood in the Kansas City train station waiting to finally meet her.

When the train arrived, there were a lot of women getting off. Suddenly, he yelled, "Molly -- over here!"

She looked his way, walked over to him, smiled and held out her hand. "How did you know who I was?"

He then reached into the back pocket of his overalls and said, "From these here letters."

"But there are no pictures in them."

"Oh yes there are! There are lots of pictures in your words." You see, he had spent hours reading every word -- looking for every little clue that would tell him who Molly really was. He had fallen in love with her words -- words that had painted her portrait.

God's precious word paints a vivid portrait of who He is. We as His bride should fall in love with His Word so that we can then fall in love with its Author.
from Many A Tear Has To Fall by Wayne Hudson

There is an old saying that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words,’ but that is not always true. Sometimes words give a clearer insight into reality than any mere snapshot can. Here are a few words from the internet that give us a snippet of insight into God’s sense of order and balance:

The eggs of the potato bug hatch in 7 days; those of the canary in 14 days; those of the barnyard hen in 21 days; those of ducks and geese hatch in 28 days; those of the mallard in 35 days; those of the parrot and the ostrich hatch in 42 days. Notice, they are all divisible by seven, the number of days in a week!

God's wisdom is seen in the legs of an elephant, all of which bend forward in the same direction. No other quadruped is so made. God planned that this animal would have a huge body, too large to rise on two legs, so He gave it four that function in unison so it can rise from the ground easily.

The horse rises from the ground on its forelegs. A cow rises from the ground with its two hind legs first. How wise the Lord is in all His works of creation!

God's wisdom is revealed in His arrangement of sections and segments, as well as in the number of grains.

-Each watermelon has an even number of stripes on the rind.
-Each orange has an even number of segments.
-Each ear of corn has an even number of rows.
-Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains.
-Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even number of bananas, and each row decreases by one, so that one row has an even number and the next row an odd number.
-All grains are found in even numbers on the stalks, and the Lord specified that they would bear thirty fold, sixty fold, and a hundred fold--all even numbers.

God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during the day. Linnaeus, the great botanist, once said that if he had a conservatory containing the right kind of soil, moisture and temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers that were open and those that were closed!

And His symmetry continues to non-animate aspects of His creation. For example, the waves of the sea roll onto shore at a count of twenty-six to the minute in all kinds of weather.

If our Father has the minutia of creation arranged to the tiniest detail, can we not suppose that the matters of life that concern and perplex us are also perfected as we simply allow Him to do what He does—manage all things to His glory!