Finding faith through nature

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
Feb 24, 2019
256
167
43
#1
"God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. " - (Genesis 1:5)

I used to think it was a bit strange that the evening came before the morning in a day.

But then I noticed how the evening was dark until the moon appeared.
And the moon, once it had come, brought the light of the sun into the darkness of the night.

And, when the evening was finally over, we got the light of the sun falling directly onto us.

This all seems to be a nice big metaphor written in the heavens of how Jesus brings Light into the darkness before the rising of the sun.
 
L

LadyInWaiting

Guest
#2
Whenever I'm around nature: could be the local park or my backyard in the suburbs...I feel much more at peace. I saw the movie The Village recently. The one where people purposely live in the forest and it's already like 2004. They look, talk and dress like it's still the 1800s. Anyways, I realized that the people from that time (the 1800s) probably would have liked houses with AC and heaters in them. It would have been helpful to have a washer and dryer to clean their clothes. Even bathrooms with running water were unheard of back then. But I personally believe that these people had much more joy and less anxiety than many people who live now. Something about nature and the rocks, trees, birds etc. fills our hearts with joy and peace. So as we make progress with technology we make life easier for us...but in a way we lose something too.

I believe that God made nature to bring us joy and show his glory. I'm always looking up at the moon and stars at night because they never cease to amaze me. Sort of like when a daddy flips pancakes on a frying pan to impress his children. I react that way when I see the moon, the stars, and most creatures. It's like my dad up in heaven is "showing off." But I mean that in a good way!
So yeah...I totally get what you're saying. :geek:
 
Feb 24, 2019
256
167
43
#3
Whenever I'm around nature: could be the local park or my backyard in the suburbs...I feel much more at peace. I saw the movie The Village recently. The one where people purposely live in the forest and it's already like 2004. They look, talk and dress like it's still the 1800s. Anyways, I realized that the people from that time (the 1800s) probably would have liked houses with AC and heaters in them. It would have been helpful to have a washer and dryer to clean their clothes. Even bathrooms with running water were unheard of back then. But I personally believe that these people had much more joy and less anxiety than many people who live now. Something about nature and the rocks, trees, birds etc. fills our hearts with joy and peace. So as we make progress with technology we make life easier for us...but in a way we lose something too.

I believe that God made nature to bring us joy and show his glory. I'm always looking up at the moon and stars at night because they never cease to amaze me. Sort of like when a daddy flips pancakes on a frying pan to impress his children. I react that way when I see the moon, the stars, and most creatures. It's like my dad up in heaven is "showing off." But I mean that in a good way!
So yeah...I totally get what you're saying. :geek:
Have you seen the pic of the moon in 'Life-bits'? its near the beginning.
 
Feb 24, 2019
256
167
43
#4
Whenever I'm around nature: could be the local park or my backyard in the suburbs...I feel much more at peace. I saw the movie The Village recently. The one where people purposely live in the forest and it's already like 2004. They look, talk and dress like it's still the 1800s. Anyways, I realized that the people from that time (the 1800s) probably would have liked houses with AC and heaters in them. It would have been helpful to have a washer and dryer to clean their clothes. Even bathrooms with running water were unheard of back then. But I personally believe that these people had much more joy and less anxiety than many people who live now. Something about nature and the rocks, trees, birds etc. fills our hearts with joy and peace. So as we make progress with technology we make life easier for us...but in a way we lose something too.

I believe that God made nature to bring us joy and show his glory. I'm always looking up at the moon and stars at night because they never cease to amaze me. Sort of like when a daddy flips pancakes on a frying pan to impress his children. I react that way when I see the moon, the stars, and most creatures. It's like my dad up in heaven is "showing off." But I mean that in a good way!
So yeah...I totally get what you're saying. :geek:
Nature just literally can leave me speechless. Just no words can do it justice, other than maybe "Praise You, Praise You, Thank You."

A few times I have picked a dandelion and given it to someone as undeniable proof of God. Nothing men have ever made even comes close to the grass we trample under-foot. Sometimes its just best to be still and know that He is God.
 
Feb 24, 2019
256
167
43
#5
Why did God make caterpillars and butterflies and moths? - if He hadn't, nature would still have been utterly fantastic! So why did He?

You've got these caterpillar things that, if they can, they eat their particular food.

And if they endure at eating the right food, they come to a point where they isolate themselves.

And while they are isolated, they transform.

And then, after a little time, they re-emerge, transformed, and with wings.

The butterflies flying in the day-light and drinking nectar from flowers.

And the moths flying in the darkness, always attracted to the light.

Surely God is trying to teach us something here. :)
 
K

KnowMe

Guest
#7
"God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. " - (Genesis 1:5)

I used to think it was a bit strange that the evening came before the morning in a day.

But then I noticed how the evening was dark until the moon appeared.
And the moon, once it had come, brought the light of the sun into the darkness of the night.

And, when the evening was finally over, we got the light of the sun falling directly onto us.

This all seems to be a nice big metaphor written in the heavens of how Jesus brings Light into the darkness before the rising of the sun.
I like the metaphor of the moon, seems it could be a few things IMO, the wood on skull mount,
 
M

Miri

Guest
#9
"God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. " - (Genesis 1:5)

I used to think it was a bit strange that the evening came before the morning in a day.

But then I noticed how the evening was dark until the moon appeared.
And the moon, once it had come, brought the light of the sun into the darkness of the night.

And, when the evening was finally over, we got the light of the sun falling directly onto us.

This all seems to be a nice big metaphor written in the heavens of how Jesus brings Light into the darkness before the rising of the sun.

Frequently the evening is mentioned then morning in the bible.
I think it’s often a metaphysical for sin then salvation, darkness then light etc.

Psalm 30:5 NKJV
[5] For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may
endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 59:16 NKJV
[16] But I will sing of Your power; Yes, I will sing aloud of Your
mercy in the morning; For You have been my defense And refuge
in the day of my trouble.
 
Feb 24, 2019
256
167
43
#10
And I like the way that when a new baby is conceived, it is totally dependent on its mother's womb, where it is in darkness.

And then it grows for 9 months, according to God's design, taking everything it needs for growth through the umbilical cord.

Until the point that it is ready to be birthed out of darkness and into the light,

And this is the first time the father can take his new child in his arms.