What warms me most to the Genevan Reformer, however, allowing me to forgive him so many other sins, is his delight in the natural world, his uninhibited celebration of creation. Calvin was as smitten by God’s beauty as he was overwhelmed by God’s power. His writings abound with creative images and metaphors. Like the Psalmist, he uses the language of nature to extol God’s grandeur, admitting the limited capacity of human speech. He marvels at an entire world that exuberantly participates in praise.
