Last night Tiffany and I took our kids over to Central Park here in Doylestown. It is one of our favorite places to walk while our kids ride their bikes. Not to mention that Noah and Grace love to run through this massive castle maze! Noah has recently learned how to ride a bike without training wheels and he is just ecstatic! Grace is still cruising along with her training wheels for now. The weather was beautifully cool and the sky was gorgeous. It was no secret, it was a great night for walking! There were a lot of people walking dogs, walking alone with their pure white apple earbuds jammed in their ears. There were young families, like ours, getting their kids out for a pre back-to-school hurrah. It was a great night for walking!
As great as it was for walking it must have been equally as great a night for segway riding, and the atmospheric pressure must have been premier for boomerang throwing. (add a hint of sarcasm there) Why you ask? Well, because I saw both of those activities happening.
Oh, no big deal you say? When was the last time you saw someone throwing a boomerang I ask you?
Just wait… It gets better.
The guy riding the segway was the same guy throwing the boomerang. I was impressed, that boomerang flew back to him each time. There he was out in the field doing his rythmic dance of throwing, leaning and catching.
Only in Doylestown right? Pretty cool if you ask me. I was slightly jealous of both his boomerang skills and his segway skills. Tiffany and I watched him for a while as we were walking back to our car. So, Mr. Segway-boomerang man if you somehow stumble on this please contact me and teach me your ways. Because that would be cool!
Yesterday I started a reading plan with YouVersion, the online Bible reader. I started “Reading God’s story:One year chronological plan”. So yesterday I read Genesis 1 &2. Today I read John 1:1-3, Psalm 8, and Psalm 104. I came across this verse in Psalm 104 (Great Psalm by the way… Go read it!)
24 O Lord, how many are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all;
The earth is full of Your possessions.
I wondered, was the segway made in God’s wisdom? What about the boomerang? And the sport of combining the two activities? The earth is full of His possessions. While shaving this morning I was looking at the drain thinking, what about modern plumbing? Did God give all of this to us in His infinite wisdom?
I’m not sure, but I do know that God gave us minds to think and create. I think God delights in the fact that His creation, who is made in His image, follows His patterns of creativity. The human mind longs to create, invent, and dream. So Mr. Segway-boomerang man, I think you not only brought a smile to my face, but to the heart of God.
Keep dreaming. Keep thinking. Keep creating. Who knows what you will come up with.
What is the best creation or invention that you have seen someone come up with lately? If it’s a website, youtube clip, or picture let’s see them!
~Peter