Why?

 

I know it’s a British trait, but I want to talk to you about the weather. “Oh really”, I hear you cry, but something I saw the other day gave me the thought about how good God is to us. Lately the weather does seem to be quite up and down and while we have enjoyed some sunshine we have also had some morning frosts.
 
Now it’s the frost on the roof of my car that spoke to me of God’s provision. Isn’t frost just frost, white and glistening in the early morning? Well I guess it is, but the day that I looked out there was a pattern to the frost that looked to me like imprints of horse chestnut leaves, with hands spread out across the roof, over-lapping and interleafing with each other. For all the world it looked like beautiful etching on glass. Similar to the picture above.
 
My main thought was, why? There was the intricate patterns, so delicate and precise like super fine engraving, swirling, making shape upon shape, for what? After all, frost is frost, white and cold, couldn’t it be left just like that, plain white. It then struck me that the hand of the Creator God had been at work and was saying to me, “I want to show you the best, I want you to have the best”. God gives to us in abundance.
 
I am reminded of Ephesians 3:20 which says, “God can do anything, you know – far more than we could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it, not by pushing us around, but by working within us, His Spirit deeply and gently within us”. (The Message Bible)
 
I think God was prompting me to see beyond the frost and to receive a sense of awe, wonder and to glimpse the Glory of God, displayed even on a car roof. The next verse in Ephesians 3:21 goes on to say, “To Him be glory in the Church (that’s us) and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”