God's Love Expressed in Creation

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in
earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or
principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him. Col.
1:16.

“It is He who made the flowers and who gave to the sparrow its song who says,
"Consider the lilies," "Behold the birds." In the loveliness of the things
of nature you may learn more of the wisdom of God than the schoolmen know.
On the lily's petals, God has written a message for you, written in language
that your heart can read only as it unlearns the lessons of distrust and
selfishness and corroding care. Why has He given you the singing birds and
the gentle blossoms, but from the overflowing love of a Father's heart, that
would brighten and gladden your path of life? . . . He has filled the earth
and air and sky with glimpses of beauty to tell you of His loving thought
for you. The beauty of all created things is but a gleam from the shining of
His glory. If He has lavished such infinite skill upon the things of nature,
for your happiness and joy, can you doubt that He will give you every needed
blessing?”

Words taken from the Devotional Book “Lift Him Up”, a compilation of writings by Ellen G. White.