It is a Psalm of praise kind of day!

Oh, the joys of those who…
…delight in the law of the Lord,
meditating on it day and night.
They are like trees planted along the riverbank,
bearing fruit each season.
Their leaves never wither,
and they prosper in all they do. Psalm 1:1a, 2-3

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There are many things that point to our Creator. Our sense of smell for example.
Friday night I was one of three buses that transported our high school band to a football game. After the game, the band members filed onto my bus and…well, 30-40 young people who had been in weighty band uniforms for most of the evening, did, in no way, smell as fresh as a morning rose. Nothing at that point could really be done about it, it’s just how our bodies work.
Anyway, once the bus got rolling and they had the stink blown off them (literally!) things improved greatly! But then as we journeyed home, I caught the scent of newly mowed hay sweet on the night air and the whiff of an unfortunate skunk (who actually was a little more bearable than when the students first clamored on board!). At some point, I also picked up the aroma of apples which I assume had fallen to the ground and were in the state of decay for lack of gathering.
All of these things my brain picked up on because the triangular piece of flesh on the front of my face is backed up by specialized sensory cells, called olfactory sensory neurons, which are found in a small patch of tissue high inside the nose. These cells connect directly to the brain. Each olfactory neuron has one odor receptor. Microscopic molecules released by substances around us…stimulate these receptors. Once the neurons detect the molecules, they send messages to your brain, which identifies the smell. There are more smells in the environment than there are receptors, and any given molecule may stimulate a combination of receptors, creating a unique representation in the brain. These representations are registered by the brain as a particular smell.*
Wow, who knew? Here is a passage from the book of Psalms that drives home my point.

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. Psalm 139:14 (NLT)

And how about this one?

For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense. Romans 1:20 (AMP)

What more can be said? We are special. We are unique. We are important to our Creator. We are not happenstance. We are not an accident. We are not here by chance. God created each of us and every single one of our glorious attributes!

All things were made and came into existence through [Jesus]; and without Him not even one thing was made that has come into being. John 1:3 (AMP)

All praise to You, our Lord, Savior, and Creator!

*Smell Disorders Article from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services website

Sept 22nd, 2019, Sun, 6:47 pm