Following Fingerprints: A picture of Him

When I started my blog over a year ago, I wanted to write about ways I see God's fingerprints in all of His creation. I even found scripture to support this. Romans 1:20 NLT ~ For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

Another passage would be Psalm 19:1-6.

This past week, I witnessed something that caught my eye and as I walked with my pup these thoughts came to me. As first glance I almost missed it, but then once I stopped and grabbed the camera, I realized what I had just saw.

What do you see when you look at these pictures? Do you see simple flowers? This is what I saw. I was quickly coming in from the garage and I noticed the purple sticking out of the snow. I grabbed the camera and took a few quick shots in the wind and then put the camera down. I knew there was a reason I was to capture these pictures. I must admit they turned out much better than I expected because I took them so quickly.

As I walked and thought about the setting of the picture these thoughts came to mind. The wooden sticks that are in between the flowers represent the wooden cross. The purple represent royalty. Jesus is the King of Kings, my king. The orange center represents the Holy Spirit, when it fell for the first time on the first believers in Acts, it was described as tongues of fire. Just as it is in the center of the flower, so is the Holy Spirit inside every believer. The stone wall in the background reminds me of the stone that was rolled away as he rose from the dead. The snow, Jesus washes me whiter than snow. You see in that one snapshot is the gospel. He is all around His creation if you look for Him. He is our King, who died on a cross and ascended into Heaven, but sent the Holy Spirit to take His place while we remain on earth. Then when we confess our sins, to Him, He makes us whiter than snow. Now don't you just love that! It made me smile and while the wind blew and it felt like we were taking 10 steps back to winter, I knew spring was still on the way. In life we can feel overwhelmed by our situations, and feel we are not getting anywhere, but remember, He is returning and when He does, His kingdom is the one that will last forever.

May you find fingerprints of Him this week. Are you looking? Are you listening? I could have easily missed this little surprise if I had not turned around for a second glance.

A day later, the snow melted, this is what I found. Notice the centers wide open so you can see the orange/red color.

Now just for fun: Some of you that read this blog do not see my Facebook page. I posted these pictures and thought you may enjoy them as well. We have new chicks at our house. I am trying something new and ordered them through the US Mail. My "package" arrived this week.