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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Psalms 19:1-4 (NLT)
The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
The skies display his craftsmanship.
Day after day they continue to speak;
night after night they make him known.
They speak without a sound or word;
their voice is never heard.
Yet their message has gone throughout the earth,
and their words to all the world.
A couple of weeks ago, we attended a wedding of a good friend’s daughter. At the reception, we sat at long tables amongst a grove of cedar trees. The setting was perfect. A couple sitting at our table had a baby boy that was mesmerized by the view above. This 2-month-old leaned back in his father’s arms and widened his eyes as he gazed at the heavens above. I took the image you see here to capture the view of this little guy. He was so transfixed with the view, and then the image we showed him on my phone. Part of his “eye-lock” may have been due to the contrast in colors, or in this case, the basically mono-chromatic look of the scene he was witnessing.
As I followed suit and gazed upwards, it made me think of how much more we as humans should be doing this on a daily/hourly basis. Think of all the times during your normal day, that you are “head down” in work, family issues, and life in general. What would it be like if you raised your head and peered to the sky – not to the top of the trees, but beyond. Focusing on our Creator.
As the verse says, “The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship.” Just like that little boy, transfixed on the handiwork above, so can we be – mesmerized by the power and glory of God!