By James Cunniffe
I can recall when my daughter was born Stevie Wonder released a song called “Isn’t She Lovely” This struck a chord with us particularly the opening verse:
Isn’t she lovely.
Isn’t she wonderful
Isn’t she precious
Less than one minute old.
As parents we were able to see that wonderful being God had created.
Recently we have been privileged to be able to travel to the Cook Islands, where we saw that the Christian Women had a theme for the coming year of “I made You wonderful” based on Psalm 128. Their program invited all into the knowledge that each one of us was made with care and love by God. When we can receive this truth, everything in our life changes so we can radiate and shine from within. Learning how to treat every other person as made wonderful by God.
We have been humbled by the sights we saw on our journeys, marvelling at what has been created on this earth and meeting many people whom we have tried to treat with respect, quoting from the words of Stevie again:
I can’t believe what God has done.
Through us he’s given life to one.
But isn’t she lovely, made from love.
We should all be thankful that God has created with love both us and this wonderful planet on which we live remaining joyful for all we have.