God has created a beautiful place for us to live. I shared in a Newsletter one of the breathtaking moments I experienced backpacking. On an early morning walk, I saw a grove of trees with delicate round leaves. A soft breeze was making them shimmer and with the light of the morning sun, they sparkled and danced like shining silver dollars. I took my breath away!

One of the subscribers, Henry, wrote:

“I was in Vermont during the fall foliage season last year, and the amazing amount of different colors and on the leaves was absolutely stunning – looked like a painting but was even more beautiful than a painting – and when I realized our God is so awesome he can create beauty like this, it just made me realize how awesome God is…”

One of my friends had a special experience driving down a street with huge trees on both sides. They made a beautiful canopy to drive under and it reminded her of a wedding. She had a magical moment realizing that she was a bride of Christ. She felt God’s love and knew she was special to Him. It gave her great joy.

How about you? What were some of your breathtaking moments?

God has His fingerprints all over this world. Here is a delightful video of dolphins creating and playing with bubble rings.

Years ago I was playing music at a wedding in a ship on the open seas. A school of dolphins were spotted in the distance. One of the wedding guests asked the captain to go out to them, but he relied that they would come to us because dolphins just loved ships.

Sure enough, they came right to our ship and to our delight jumped gleefully around us. What a beautiful animal God has created!

One of my old guitar students, Sam – now Pastor Sam Adams, told me that sometimes dolphins would accompany him when he surfed. Sam told me that dolphins loved to swim right next to the surf boards and that you could easily reach out and touch them.

I guess you could say a dolphin is like a dog. Both are always happy to see you and love being around people.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas. The birth of Christ was a unique time in history. Jesus emptied Himself to show us God’s Love. Can you imagine the Creator of the Universe entering the human race as a fragile dependent baby! He is coming back, but the next time it’s not going to be so discreet. No one will miss the second coming of Christ.

I took a Prespectives Class a few years ago and at the first class, the instructor for that week showed us his Bible with yellow highlights on every passage that pertained to all nations.

His Bible had yellow highlights on nearly every page. It was always God’s plan from the foundation of the world to redeem us back to Him. You were on His mind even before He created the world!