Today I saw Mt. Shasta. And I saw an amazing sky. My brother Daniel said it’s like the sky is falling to the ground. And later I saw some postcards at this restaurant called Black Bear Diner, and there were these amazing pictures of the sky. It’s like God took a huge paintbrush and painted the sky to make our day.

That’s called wonder. That’s called splendor. That’s called beauty.

My dad says that God created beauty, and even more than that, God created the human capability to appreciate beauty. And the more I thought about that, the more I realized how strong of a correlation there was between the existence of beauty and the existence of God.

If there was no supernatural, meaning everything exists simply because everything exists, why would beauty exist? If we are the result of natural selection and solely natural selection, then the less advanced species would find wonder in the more advanced species, and the most advanced species that ever existed wouldn’t find wonder in anything outside itself. So the more advanced an organism is, the less likely that organism would find beauty in things outside of itself. And if humans are some of the most advanced things that have ever come into being, why would humans find wonder in skies? Skies are so elementary and primitive. Snails are more advanced than skies.

If we are the result of a God who made us to be in fellowship with Him, then it makes sense that humans would long for something greater than themselves. And if God is a Creator, then it makes sense that we would find beauty in His creation. And if God came to earth and lived and died so that we could be redeemed to have an extra infinite dose of wonder, that would be the most wonderful event in history.

– Larry