As I read Genesis 1:20–23 this morning, I wondered why God used a whole day to create only the sea creatures and birds on day 5 of creation week but left the animals till day 6.

Then the question came to me about what that actually involved!  WOW!  Estimates by people with much more knowledge that I have put the known number of kinds of birds at around 10,000 worldwide, and Wikipedia says that the number of known kinds of fish is in the order of 28,000 with other sources saying over 32,000 and more being listed every year.

  As a boy I collected different bird’s eggs and was fascinated by the variety and distinctiveness of each species and the amazing variety of construction methods and materials used in their nests – from animal hair, cobwebs, mud and every species of grass and sticks.  All that and much more was encompassed in their creation! 

  I am humbled by the knowledge that my God is interested in these thousands of individual creatures, but much more so by the knowledge that He came looking for me and died to redeem me while I was lost in sin, and that today He loves me and accepts me.  I’m having a great day and I’m not out of bed yet!! You have a great day too OK?