Glorying in the Mundane

Above is a picture of the eggs that our hens are currently producing. Today our girls put out 8 eggs, which isn't too shabby in my opinion. I took the picture to capture the spectrum of color that they make. We have been for some time trying to raise a specialty bird, the Black Copper Maran, which lays the darkest colored eggs in the world, and they have just recently began laying. Ours aren't the darkest layers I have seen, but they lay a lovely mahogany colored egg. There is also one olive colored egg laying hen that we have, and you can see her beauty in the mix.

Step back for a moment and just marvel at this; the chickens romp around the yard scratch up dirt, overturn leaves and other debris, and eat bugs and seeds, all climaxing in them laying an egg. This is simply stupendous. The world all about is teeming with wonder. If we fail to succumb to the call all about us to stand in awe, the fault is entirely our own. There is nothing boring about the world around us, indeed it could rightly be described as a series of miracles one right after the other occurring right before our eyes.

I remember Chesterton once saying something along the lines of, "There are no boring subjects, only people who are bores." I also recall John Piper ecstatically saying "It rains, the sun shines, grass grows, cows eat it, and cows make milk!" Truly a marvel. Oh for eyes to see the world as it is! As children we see the world more rightly, all is new and properly full of wonder. As we age we get used to seeing the miraculous every day; but the rightly tuned eyes, ears, skin, and taste-buds, see, hear, feel, and taste the glory of God all about them.