“It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens. . . . and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. (Jeremiah 51:15-16)
The Prophet Jeremiah tells us that it is the same God who created the universe who makes fog appear on earth. Yesterday morning was one of the foggiest days I’ve seen for a long time – perhaps a sign that God the Creator is still at work on earth. A combination of a warm winter day with lots of moisture in the ground produced the dense misty fog. It made it a difficult drive – for one could only see about half a block ahead.
It did remind me of the second creation account in the book of Genesis where a mist came up from the earth just before God created the first human.
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground— then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. (Genesis 2:4-7)
In the Wisdom of Sirach, there is an interesting interpretation of the above Genesis passage, for the mist turns out to be Wisdom who says:
“I came forth from the mouth of the Most High,
and covered the earth like a mist.
(Sirach 24:3)
You can see all the photos I took in the morning fog at Foggy Morning 2-20-2017. The weather pattern may repeat itself again later this week so we may have more heavy, dense fog. It would be great if it were the Wisdom of God.
Fraternized 