About six years before I invited Jesus Christ to come into my heart, I saw the Rocky Mountains for the first time. Now, I had started to read the Bible when I was about 11, but I didn't get too far (certainly didn't make it to Romans!) It was Greek to me! (pun intended) But, I didn't have the Holy Spirit, so, of course it didn't make any sense to me! (but I didn't know that at the time) In my childhood, I'd decided, 'How could God answer everybody praying at the same time?' It didn't make sense to me, so I decided God couldn't be real. Then, in my early twenties, as I contemplated different things, I realized there HAD to be 'a higher power.' I just wasn't sure what or who that was, so I labeled myself an agnostic. But when I saw the Rockies for the first time, I said aloud, 'There just might be a God!' (and I wasn't joking)
Then, about a year before I became a believer, I saw the ocean for the first time. I wouldn't go out too far, as I'd seen HALF a fish on the beach, back end bitten off by another fish! But I walked out a little more than waist-high. I watched the mighty ocean, rolling in, then rolling back out, over and over again, and thought to myself, 'There is nothing man can do to stop this!' And I was impressed, but again, didn't know Who to be impressed by!
The Lord has always allowed me to remember these two incidents, and I am thankful. They are both very clear pictures to me of Romans 1:19 & 20 ~ 'because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.' I have since come to know Him and love Him. But, those verses apply to every person, whether they ever accept His free gift or not. NOBODY will be able to stand before God and say, 'But...' But my parents were abusive, but my husband was a jerk, but...fill in the blank. We can all fill in the blank with something or someone, but none of it will stand when we stand before Him. We are 'without excuse.'
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