I'd choose God's Creation over man's creation any day...

“O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet…O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” –Psalm 8:1, 3-6, 9

Early Thursday morning, we left Dublin and rode in a bus for about 4 hours to Northern Ireland. I didn’t realize how much pent up energy I had from spending all day everyday in a stuffy classroom and then on a bus. As we reached our destination, the bus turned a corner and everyone stared out the window to amazing sights…rolling green hills, a vast ocean, steep cliffs leading to the ocean, and sheep grazing nearby. It was incredible.

Our first stop was called Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge, and as soon as I stepped off the bus my pent up energy began to release itself and I realized just how much I needed to be outside. My friends were the exact same way…we were all SO happy to be outside. We ran some, walked some, laughed loudly, pointed and “ooed and ahhed” at just about everything in our path and took pictures like crazy. It was the funnest moment of my trip thus far. I was reminded of how absolutely breath taking and stunning God’s Creation is. The pictures below don’t do the location justice, but at least you can get a small glimpse of my experience ☺

This first location that we stopped at featured a rickety bridge that crossed over to a cliff-island. Thankfully I’m not afraid of heights, but even those who were terrified of heights made the trek across! Going over was fine, but coming back was quite more than a breeze…literally. It was SO WINDY. I took a video and attached it below, so you can get an idea of just how crazy it was.






Some of that pent up energy beginning to be released....




















The image above made me want to start singing "Climb Every Mountain" from the Sound of Music :)














After the bridge, we went to a place called Giant’s Causeway. Once again, the landscape was incredible. These rock formations were absolutely crazy! There was some legend and geological explanation for the unique shapes of the rocks, but I didn’t need an explanation…we serve a creative, matchless God. Period.