Sense of Wonder

I THINK I UNDERSTAND a little bit -- a tiny bit -- of what Louis Pasteur once said, "The more I study creation, the more I see the Creator." Quite removed from freshman biology class, I am nevertheless amazed all over again at the level of complexity and interconnectivity in the created world. Whether I look into the most powerful electron microscope or the most powerful full-spectrum telescope, God is fully present. I would have to agree with David's rhetorical question, "Where can I flee from Your presence?" (Psalm 139:7). Not only is God everywhere; God is everywhere undiluted. It is not like somehow God is too little butter spread over too much bread (to butcher a line from J.R.R. Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring). With that in mind, there really is no "God-forsaken place;" that is except for the dark moments when Christ hung on Calvary's cross for our sins, crying out, "My God, My God why have you forsaken me?" The contrast between all time and that time is infinite. The comparison between all places and that place is unfathomable. "How precious are Your thoughts toward me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!" (Psalm 139:17).