Through Him All Things Are Made

On the way home from Cody, Wyoming, Brian and I stopped between Bozeman and Butte in Montana to tour the famous Lewis and Clark Caverns. They are one of the largest known limestone caverns in the Northwest US and it took us two hours to view them.

These caverns are lined with stalactites, stalagmites, columns, and helictites.

They were spectacular to see!

The path through the caverns were electrically lighted and guided by a well-informed tour guide.

The caverns were first discovered by the Native Americans.

They were named Lewis and Clark Caverns because the caverns overlook 80 kilometers of the trail that Lewis and Clark traveled on during their expedition along the Jefferson River.

Lewis and Clark actually never saw the caverns themselves, so I think the name is misguiding.

The opening of the caverns is home to about a hundred female Western Big-Eared Bats who nest there. The males bats live in other caves nearby. The female bats were not at all a bother to us. (They did not try to get themselves entangled in our hair, disproving an old wive's tale.)

That day I discovered that not only are the outside of mountains majestic to see, but the inside of mountains as well. And it was through God that these beautiful caverns were made, for nothing was made on earth without Him.

"Through Him all things were made;

without Him

nothing was made

that has been made."

John 1:3 (NIV)

When I walked, crawled, and slid through the Lewis and Clark Caverns, I couldn't help but sense the power and creativity of our God.