Practical God

This morning in my devotional God was called practical.  I am a very practical person so that spoke to me but the more I thought about it I realized that it isn't entirely true.  God in many ways is practical as the Creator of the Universe He created practicality.  He provides for us food and shelter.  He causes the sun to come up and the moon to set.  So much of what He does, however, isn't what I would call practical in my own limited human understanding of practicality which is an entirely different conversation.  The beauty of the sunrise for instance or the ring that sometimes appears around the moon.  Where is the practicality in those things?

And this nest I discovered in a hanging pot of begonias.  You can't see it in this hastily taken photo - I didn't want to upset the momma bird any more than necessary - but the eggs are exquisite.  A pale grayish blue with black speckles.  The beauty of the egg has no practical purpose.  It doesn't conceal the egg from predators or otherwise make it less noticeable.  I think God just wanted to house new life in something beautiful.  Beauty isn't practical but it is beautiful.  

That is one of the many reasons I love my God!  He is practical and beautiful in just the right amounts.