day no. 16,947: a reference guide

"There was a man who dwelt in the east centuries ago, and now I cannot look at a sheep or a sparrow, a lily or a sunset, a vineyard or a mountain, without thinking of Him.” — G.K. Chesterton

The world is derivative. The Word is substantive. It came first.

Everything that is, at one time wasn't. Nothing that is remains on its own. 

John 1:1-3

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.  All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Everything has a reference point and that reference point became flesh and dwelt among us.

John 1:14

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

God is glorious and generous. As such, we discover glories everywhere we go, but those glories are signs and symbols of the greater glory who is their Author.

Ephesians 4:4-6

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

God is above all and through all, and in Chris,t He is in every Christian. The Christian can see the glory all around him because he has the Spirit within him and he cannot see anything without seeing the Glory behind it