Florence

Today we visited the great Renaissance city of Florence. This is the city where the medici family funded the works of michaelangelo, donatello and dante. The cathedral is a classic, the first dome of its kind in the world. It is the 3rd largest church in christendom. I can't help but wonder when i look at these cathedrals if God is pleased by these elaborate structures. Did they really inspire people to worship? Or would it have been more pleasing to God to spend the money helping the poor. Surely the cathedrals were a great sacrifice of time and talent, but as  Hosea 6:6 says. "I desire mercy not sacrifice".

Enough philosphising...we also went to the science museum to see some of Galileos instruments and enjoyed the finer things of life- art, food and wine.