the creator's paintbrush

I stayed up too late last night. It was worth every bit of time though. I viewed a simple and marvelous cloud formation brush across the dusky sky over Mount Discovery toward the Royal Society Mountain Range in the form of nacreous clouds.

There is something profound and beautiful watching this cloud wisp its way through clear cold sky over a mountaintop and across a 25 mile expanse of flat purple sea ice. I felt like God had touched his brush to the sky to remind me (and all of us) that his careful hand is still placing intense brushstrokes across His masterpiece that is our existence on this planet. This is not an errant mark on the landscape of life; this is a deliberately placed inspiration to continue his work and renew His creation. This second trip to Antarctica is not by accident or whim; it is a deliberate event determined by God to love and serve him and the people I am around.

He has made all things beautiful in his time. - Ecclesiastes 3:11 -