Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Darren Milam
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Nowadays, when you take an image and you are posting it to your favorite social media location, you need to call out if you used a filter or not. Well, in both cases, no filter was used. Clearly, I understand how a camera (even the one on my phone) works and there is an element of filtering, but I did not manipulate the color or saturation, post image taking. The contrast and color of this bright and beautiful sunflower was all due to the “God filter.” What do I mean by that? God created the deep blue sky, you can see in the background. God created the vibrant oranges and yellows found in the petals. His filter is the only filter we need.
It is images like these that remind us of how our God, not only cares for His creations, but also wants us (humans) to enjoy each of the creations.
Most of you have heard the hymn (poem before the song) “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” by Cecil Frances Alexander (feel free to read all about her life and her incredible talents). As some of you know, she had a few more hymns (several hundred), but this is one of her most-known and it starts with:
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.
The song was written in 1848, but the words couldn’t be truer today. We see the varying hues, the textures, the details, all through His filter. God has created – the bright and beautiful, the great and small, the wise and wonderful, He’s created them all.