Height and Depth!!


 

Looking out from the window a few weeks ago, I was totally surprised at what I saw. As I looked up there was this amazing cloud formation covering the whole of the sky. Needless to say, I called out for the ‘lady of the house’ to come from the east wing to the south wing to witness what I was seeing. “This is really interesting” I exclaimed, which was met by a simple, “Oh yeah”!!!

Funnily enough I kept thinking about the clouds and the next day the weatherman explained what I had seen and described it as ‘a sky filled with rows of high-altitude cirrocumulus or mid-level altocumulus clouds that have a rippling or wavy pattern.’ He then said that it was better known as a ‘mackerel sky.’

The pictures above try to show how spot-on the description was. Just to let you know when I was a boy on holiday in Cornwall, I loved eating freshly caught mackerel, so the clouds brought back some fond memories.

What really then came to mind was how our God is the great Creator/Designer with that connection between the depth of the sea to the height of the sky.
About 20 years ago the song-writer and worship leader, Chris Tomlin, wrote a song which sums up the greatness of our Creator. The opening words of the song says, “From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea, creation revealing Your Majesty. From the colours of fall to the fragrance of spring, every creature unique in the song that it sings. All exclaiming: Indescribable, uncontainable”, with the chorus ending with, “Awestruck, we fall on our knees, as we humbly proclaim, You are amazing, God.”

The sky that morning was amazing, but what is the really amazing thing, is that God could have just created blue sky with round clouds all the same with all the fish in the depths just the same silver colour, but He didn’t - God in His infinite creativity, power and wisdom has given us so much more. He loves us so much and wants the best for us, do we give our best for Him?