Thoughts From 30,000ft

I sit quietly, gazing out the small oval window at the ground 30,000ft below. A smile eases onto my face as I think to myself, “this is a small glimpse of what God sees all the time.” The world from this perspective is breathtaking. That may seem like some cheesy line from a movie or book, but does that make it any less true?

Have you ever thought about how beautiful our Earth is? I mean really think about it. As I gaze at it now, my mind wanders to my art class I just took this semester. There are two things that my teacher said that are running through my head. “Take a step back from your work and look at it from a distance. It looks a lot different from there.” Also, “As you get closer and closer to the piece there is more there to see. Little gifts to the viewer.” Is God not the most amazing artist and the Earth one of His greatest works?

I have seen 4 states and 3 countries from the perspective of 30,000ft many times, but I still haven’t stopped being amazed. Partly because everywhere I go is so different from the other. Whether it’s the dry browns and reds of Arizona, the tropical beaches and nightlife of Florida, or the snow cap mountains and lush green valleys of Oregon, each one has its own beauty.

As in art class, the closer you get to it, the more and more you see. Each thing a gift to YOU. A small pool of water and a single tree, an oasis in a vast desert. The cool breeze rolling in over the warm ocean as it cools the hot sands. A cluster of trees in the woods sheltering hikers from the heavy rain while birds and squirrels make their home in its branches. It is enough to make me envy God because he sees it all. He KNOWS it all because He put it there, just for us to discover.

I have only seen a fraction of a fraction of the world and it still blows my mind. I know that I can spend my whole life traveling and never see everything that the artist put into the piece for us to discover. I don’t have the means, resources, or time, BUT nothing is going to stop me from trying. ^_^