July 24, 2009
Ramona Falls
God is a masterful creator. I saw evidence during a 3.5-mile hike to Ramona Falls in Oregon's Mt. Hood National Forest in late June. This lacy waterfall cascades over a 120-foot basalt apron. As I stood behind my Nikon D200 and tripod to snap the photo above, I couldn't help but marvel: the LORD, Yeshua (Jesus) of Nazareth, created a masterpiece here. 
Less than a mile down the trail, a wall of columnar basalt rises 200 feet above Ramona Creek. Its face resembles abstract art. Spots and streaks of orange highlight the dark gray rock. It looks like natural graffiti.
As I hiked out my thoughts drifted to Colossians 1:16, a passage about Yeshua, the firstborn over all creation: "For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him." Ramona Falls is a rock sculpture, moved and shaped by the hand of God. I'm grateful Yeshua freely shares His fine art with mankind.