This Man

rising and the setting of the sun, never fear a lack of oxygen to breathe, never imagine that the waters of the ocean might recede beyond our view or that the trees and plants might cease to grow one day and perpetuate themselves. Because of the very regularity and perfection of natural phenomena, we pay less and less heed to them as we grow up. We are too familiar with them to realize how extraordinary they are. it is only in unfamiliar circumstances, or if we have had a brush with death, then we suddenly realize God’s blessings. The wind, water, trees, and birds all strike us as reflections of the lord’s beauty. if we were to look at the world with the same wonder and awe as Colonel irwin experienced as he gazed on the moon, we should begin to live on earth as if we were in God’s presence everywhere. We would continually see him and feel him all around us, and we should then begin to lead our lives in the full consciousness of being watched over by our Creator and sustainer. The universe’s structure shows that only one Being can be the pivot of man’s existence and that Being is God. Being oriented towards a single centre, the universe is telling us something: it is telling us that this is the way that our lives should be oriented. seeing the glory of God all around us, we should live a God-oriented life.