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Monday, October 7, 2024
It was a beautiful day today (Sunday) as I traveled over Highway 2 across Stevens Pass. I drove through patches of fog but then the sun came out and lit up the mountains with the fall colors. Of course, the best views were when I was driving and had no place to stop!
I like Psalm 98, and I’ve included the whole chapter as it’s quite short. I think that despite what we hear on the news about natural disasters in this country and around the world, wars in multiple places and people who suffer hardships all over the globe, there are still things to see that remind us that we have a Creator who made this world in the first place and who is coming back to “straighten out the world.”
This is not to say that we should ignore what is going on, as we still need to help out where and however we can, but we also know that this will not go on indefinitely.
Sing to God a brand-new song.
He’s made a world of wonders!
He rolled up his sleeves,
He set things right.
God made history with salvation,
He showed the world what he could do.
He remembered to love us, a bonus
To his dear family, Israel—indefatigable love.
The whole earth comes to attention.
Look—God’s work of salvation!
Shout your praises to God, everybody!
Let loose and sing! Strike up the band!
Round up an orchestra to play for God,
Add on a hundred-voice choir.
Feature trumpets and big trombones,
Fill the air with praises to King God.
Let the sea and its fish give a round of applause,
With everything living on earth joining in.
Let ocean breakers call out, “Encore!”
And mountains harmonize the finale—
A tribute to God when he comes,
When he comes to set the earth right.
He’ll straighten out the whole world,
He’ll put the world right, and everyone in it.
Psalm 98:1-9 (The Message)