Comments for Wonder of Creation http://www.wonderofcreation.org "Wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." —Job 9:10 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:06:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on “Ambling” by Dean Ohlman http://www.wonderofcreation.org/2010/03/10/ambling/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Dean Ohlman Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:06:16 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=5670#comment-663 They also had it on last night's late news and this morning's news report. That <em>was </em>an airplane you heard: the eagle was less than a quarter mile from the GR airport east/west runway. Would not want to suck that bird up in a jet engine---especially tomorrow when I fly out to the desert Southwest. They also had it on last night’s late news and this morning’s news report. That was an airplane you heard: the eagle was less than a quarter mile from the GR airport east/west runway. Would not want to suck that bird up in a jet engine—especially tomorrow when I fly out to the desert Southwest.

]]> Comment on “Ambling” by rdrcomp http://www.wonderofcreation.org/2010/03/10/ambling/comment-page-1/#comment-662 rdrcomp Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:45:17 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=5670#comment-662 Hey, I finally saw your video. Googled WZZM, and had to do a search on eagle, but there it was complete with passing autos, and was that an airplane I heard in the background? Pretty neat for this tarheel to see your local Grand Rapids, Michigan station's video you made. Bob Hey, I finally saw your video. Googled WZZM, and had to do a search on eagle, but there it was complete with passing autos, and was that an airplane I heard in the background?

Pretty neat for this tarheel to see your local Grand Rapids, Michigan station’s video you made.

Bob

]]> Comment on “Ambling” by Dean Ohlman http://www.wonderofcreation.org/2010/03/10/ambling/comment-page-1/#comment-661 Dean Ohlman Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:30:08 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=5670#comment-661 You can see video of my eagle encounter on our local ABC station WZZM <a href="http://www.wzzm13.com/video/default.aspx#/Latest%20Video/Bald%20eagle%20spotted%20near%20Grand%20Rapids%20airport/50790483001/50624700001/71235429001" rel="nofollow">here</a>. You can see video of my eagle encounter on our local ABC station WZZM here.

]]> Comment on “Ambling” by rdrcomp http://www.wonderofcreation.org/2010/03/10/ambling/comment-page-1/#comment-660 rdrcomp Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:26:41 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=5670#comment-660 Was going to leave a comment about the "retreat" post, but couldn't get logged in to that one. Was just going to say that retreats don't have to be at a retreat center or Christian camp as wonderful as they are. Our family has done "retreats" at State and National park campgrounds, as well as forests. Notice, I didn't say anything about commercial campgrounds because I really don't like those as well. The further away from "urbania" the better I like it. I dispense with anything electric with the exception of a battery powered flashlight. We spend the day hiking and sitting by a steam, birdwatching, or riding a bike. Then crawl into a sleeping bag and listen to the night sounds of crickets and cicadas and an occasional coyote. Friends, that is re-creation of the first degree. Stress gives way to rest and the noise of the steets gives way to peace and quiet and the sounds of a mountain steam. Eye pollution gives way to wildflowers and a star lit night sky. And these warmer days have me planning on a soon coming camping trip. Hey, Dean, I love the blood stained beak of the eagle. I get to see them near our closest river about 8 miles from home. Wonderful! Bob Was going to leave a comment about the “retreat” post, but couldn’t get logged in to that one. Was just going to say that retreats don’t have to be at a retreat center or Christian camp as wonderful as they are. Our family has done “retreats” at State and National park campgrounds, as well as forests. Notice, I didn’t say anything about commercial campgrounds because I really don’t like those as well.

The further away from “urbania” the better I like it. I dispense with anything electric with the exception of a battery powered flashlight. We spend the day hiking and sitting by a steam, birdwatching, or riding a bike. Then crawl into a sleeping bag and listen to the night sounds of crickets and cicadas and an occasional coyote.

Friends, that is re-creation of the first degree. Stress gives way to rest and the noise of the steets gives way to peace and quiet and the sounds of a mountain steam. Eye pollution gives way to wildflowers and a star lit night sky.

And these warmer days have me planning on a soon coming camping trip.

Hey, Dean, I love the blood stained beak of the eagle. I get to see them near our closest river about 8 miles from home. Wonderful!

Bob

]]> Comment on Regaining the Biblical Perspective by Dean Ohlman http://www.wonderofcreation.org/2010/03/08/regaining-the-biblical-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Dean Ohlman Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:35:35 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=5607#comment-659 No question that until the early 1900s most folks in the Western world lived closer to the land and were more connected to what was going on in nature. So many people today live their lives almost totally isolated and insulated from the natural world. Our fair city of Grand Rapids, of middling size, has a rapidly growing downtown population living and/or working in both new and beautifully restored old buildings that were once high schools, waterworks structures, hotels, and furniture factories. Thanks to the Clean Water acts, our Grand River is a much more healthy and healthful stream, which is well stocked with salmon and steelhead. So people could actually walk out of their condos, slip on waders, and fish for some of their meals. Most don't. Using our heated and enclosed skywalk threading through the downtown, parking in heated garages, many downtown residents can now live through all the seasons without ever putting on a coat or using an umbrella! They can be hermetically sealed hermits---if they can afford it---and get their "outdoor experience" by watching "Planet Earth" and reading "WonderOfCreation.org"! No question that until the early 1900s most folks in the Western world lived closer to the land and were more connected to what was going on in nature. So many people today live their lives almost totally isolated and insulated from the natural world. Our fair city of Grand Rapids, of middling size, has a rapidly growing downtown population living and/or working in both new and beautifully restored old buildings that were once high schools, waterworks structures, hotels, and furniture factories. Thanks to the Clean Water acts, our Grand River is a much more healthy and healthful stream, which is well stocked with salmon and steelhead. So people could actually walk out of their condos, slip on waders, and fish for some of their meals. Most don’t. Using our heated and enclosed skywalk threading through the downtown, parking in heated garages, many downtown residents can now live through all the seasons without ever putting on a coat or using an umbrella! They can be hermetically sealed hermits—if they can afford it—and get their “outdoor experience” by watching “Planet Earth” and reading “WonderOfCreation.org”!

]]> Comment on Regaining the Biblical Perspective by rdrcomp http://www.wonderofcreation.org/2010/03/08/regaining-the-biblical-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-658 rdrcomp Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:01:42 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=5607#comment-658 Dean, Luther and Calvin are two of my heroes. I appreciate their comments, and I suspect they lived in a culture that was more connected to the earth (natural world) than ours is. Would their dependence on the land through farming, etc. have given them a better perspective, or did they have more time for contemplating the things of God? I believe that even here in America, the heroes of conservation and creation care (John Muir, etc.) largely came from a time that the natural world was closer to folks than it is today, where we are so busy that time to think and study has become unknown to many of us. One thing is sure, we need to recapture the thinking of Luther, Calvin and others so we can have some sanity about God's perspective on everything. Bob Dean, Luther and Calvin are two of my heroes. I appreciate their comments, and I suspect they lived in a culture that was more connected to the earth (natural world) than ours is. Would their dependence on the land through farming, etc. have given them a better perspective, or did they have more time for contemplating the things of God?

I believe that even here in America, the heroes of conservation and creation care (John Muir, etc.) largely came from a time that the natural world was closer to folks than it is today, where we are so busy that time to think and study has become unknown to many of us.

One thing is sure, we need to recapture the thinking of Luther, Calvin and others so we can have some sanity about God’s perspective on everything.

Bob

]]> Comment on The Ecstasy and Agony of Spring by Dean Ohlman http://www.wonderofcreation.org/2010/03/05/the-ecstasy-and-agony-of-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Dean Ohlman Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:37:58 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=5582#comment-657 I have to go through the eastern part of Michigan's upper peninsula (UP) when I visit my sister-in-law's place on Manitoulin Island. It has been delightfully neglected in recent decades---which allows it to remain mostly wild and natural. The UP's northern shoreline on Lake Superior is stunningly beautiful in many spots. Read the Wikipedia article on it <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I have to go through the eastern part of Michigan’s upper peninsula (UP) when I visit my sister-in-law’s place on Manitoulin Island. It has been delightfully neglected in recent decades—which allows it to remain mostly wild and natural. The UP’s northern shoreline on Lake Superior is stunningly beautiful in many spots. Read the Wikipedia article on it here.

]]> Comment on The Ecstasy and Agony of Spring by mjday http://www.wonderofcreation.org/2010/03/05/the-ecstasy-and-agony-of-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-656 mjday Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:22:59 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=5582#comment-656 Dean, Last week at the YMCA I had an engaging conversation with an lady who was born and raised in Michigan. She, Christina, is the head nurse in the birth center of a local hospital here in Tacoma. On a visit last year, she had participated in the annual Mackinac Bridge walk, which I believe you had mentioned in an earlier post. She found it noteworthy how people referred to themselves by their geographical location in the state - the upper or lower peninsula. The terminology she used was "U-pers". Christina seemed sharp, attractive, and intelligent. She was a credit to your fine state. Dean,

Last week at the YMCA I had an engaging conversation with an lady who was born and raised in Michigan. She, Christina, is the head nurse in the birth center of a local hospital here in Tacoma.

On a visit last year, she had participated in the annual Mackinac Bridge walk, which I believe you had mentioned in an earlier post.

She found it noteworthy how people referred to themselves by their geographical location in the state – the upper or lower peninsula. The terminology she used was “U-pers”.

Christina seemed sharp, attractive, and intelligent. She was a credit to your fine state.

]]> Comment on The Ecstasy and Agony of Spring by Dean Ohlman http://www.wonderofcreation.org/2010/03/05/the-ecstasy-and-agony-of-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-655 Dean Ohlman Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:04:08 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=5582#comment-655 Thanks for a beautiful comment, Claudia. Your grandchildren are blessed to have such a creation-sensitive mentor. Thanks for a beautiful comment, Claudia. Your grandchildren are blessed to have such a creation-sensitive mentor.

]]> Comment on The Ecstasy and Agony of Spring by Claudia http://www.wonderofcreation.org/2010/03/05/the-ecstasy-and-agony-of-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Claudia Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:48:13 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=5582#comment-654 Dear Mr. Dean Ohlman. I have been coming to your site and reading for some time now. You have shared so much of God and His Creation with us. Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry. But always after reading, the Spirit within me is energized. And I thank you Mr. Dean Ohlman, for all that you share of God. I live on the southern tip of MD., the Chesapeake Bay to my East, and a large body of water called Deep Creek to the West and South of us. We have but one way in and out of here to the county road. It is a mile long gravel road that winds through the woods and around a pond. And there is a long stretch of sandy beach out front. So much of God's beautiful Creation around us. My 5 Granddaughters have been raised down here among the things that belong to God, as I have been their caretaker from the time they were babies. They have learned and know, if you are still and quiet you can hear His nature talking. And they have also learned and know, to take care of and love, and have compassion for all that belongs to God. For other humans, animals, and all of His nature. And they too see the very wonder of God's Creation. How God reveals Himself, His love for us, in so many ways through His Creation. I am always in awe with the magnificence of God's Creation. And just when you think that you have seen it all, He shows us something more. I love Our beautiful Lord! And yes. The Spirits groanings are so loud anymore. The destruction of what God has created is heartbreaking. So many man made machines killing the animals, and the vegetation, the trees. It breaks my heart to see all the clear cutting of God's magnificent trees. And the effect it has on the animals and birds and insects. But to know that one day we will be in Jesus's arms and renewed, and the world renewed and no more sadness. No more evil. This is the joy and the hope and the reason that keeps us going down here. To live each day for God. With love, compassion, and patience. And having faith in not just believing that God can. But knowing that He will. Jesus Christ is our hope for all humanity, and for all that belongs to God. I am writing you because I received a link to a beautiful site from a dear friend today. It has so much to do with the Ecstacy and Agony of Spring that you wrote. God has again showed me something new in His wonder of creation! And I did so want to share it with you Mr. Dean Ohlman. It is a beautiful story about spring and God's Creation. The author is unknown. I just don't know if I can put links here. And now, this has become too long. But I know this all has to be approved before posting, so if you can't post it, please take the time and go to the site. It is truly yet another, Wonder of God's Creation! http://wandascountryhome.com/pinetrees/index Steve: I know this winter has been rough on you with all that snow. Here too. Not with all the snow like you, but with flooding. It has been much prayer and work to keep the water from coming in our home. But Jesus has given us His strength to fight it. So don't worry about the flowers under the snow. Seems as though that all of God's Creation works in harmony. One with the other. God is in control of all things. Be patient. And when the snow melts you might be surprised as to what is under there. I pray that it is many beautiful spring flowers that are happy to see the sun! Dear Mr. Dean Ohlman. I have been coming to your site and reading for some time now. You have shared so much of God and His Creation with us. Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry. But always after reading, the Spirit within me is energized. And I thank you Mr. Dean Ohlman, for all that you share of God.

I live on the southern tip of MD., the Chesapeake Bay to my East, and a large body of water called Deep Creek to the West and South of us. We have but one way in and out of here to the county road. It is a mile long gravel road that winds through the woods and around a pond. And there is a long stretch of sandy beach out front. So much of God’s beautiful Creation around us. My 5 Granddaughters have been raised down here among the things that belong to God, as I have been their caretaker from the time they were babies. They have learned and know, if you are still and quiet you can hear His nature talking. And they have also learned and know, to take care of and love, and have compassion for all that belongs to God. For other humans, animals, and all of His nature. And they too see the very wonder of God’s Creation. How God reveals Himself, His love for us, in so many ways through His Creation. I am always in awe with the magnificence of God’s Creation. And just when you think that you have seen it all, He shows us something more. I love Our beautiful Lord!

And yes. The Spirits groanings are so loud anymore. The destruction of what God has created is heartbreaking. So many man made machines killing the animals, and the vegetation, the trees. It breaks my heart to see all the clear cutting of God’s magnificent trees. And the effect it has on the animals and birds and insects. But to know that one day we will be in Jesus’s arms and renewed, and the world renewed and no more sadness. No more evil. This is the joy and the hope and the reason that keeps us going down here. To live each day for God. With love, compassion, and patience. And having faith in not just believing that God can. But knowing that He will. Jesus Christ is our hope for all humanity, and for all that belongs to God.

I am writing you because I received a link to a beautiful site from a dear friend today. It has so much to do with the Ecstacy and Agony of Spring that you wrote. God has again showed me something new in His wonder of creation! And I did so want to share it with you Mr. Dean Ohlman. It is a beautiful story about spring and God’s Creation. The author is unknown. I just don’t know if I can put links here. And now, this has become too long. But I know this all has to be approved before posting, so if you can’t post it, please take the time and go to the site. It is truly yet another, Wonder of God’s Creation!

http://wandascountryhome.com/pinetrees/index

Steve: I know this winter has been rough on you with all that snow. Here too. Not with all the snow like you, but with flooding. It has been much prayer and work to keep the water from coming in our home. But Jesus has given us His strength to fight it. So don’t worry about the flowers under the snow. Seems as though that all of God’s Creation works in harmony. One with the other. God is in control of all things. Be patient. And when the snow melts you might be surprised as to what is under there. I pray that it is many beautiful spring flowers that are happy to see the sun!

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