It is so easy sometimes to get short-sighted. To focus only on what effects us. The things we can see and touch in our everyday lives. For me my short-sightedness can cloud my view of the expanses of God's creation, even causing me to have a distorted view of His Glory. The times in my life when I have gotten it right (few and far between), the times in life when I have had moments of seeing God for who He really is have been directly connected to experiencing and being amazed by His wonderous creation. I can think back to Feb. 2002 in Lake Tahoe. In a moment at the top of a mountain I saw green fields to one side, a desert on the other, a snow filled mountainside and a crystal clear lake all in one view.....I will never forget that. I also remember taking a ski lift by myself and listening to the silence of the falling snow. I held out my glove and studied each flake that fell until it melted. In that moment I realized that billions of these flakes filled the mountainside, yet each was different, unique from one another. I began to realize the worth and value of people in that moment. I remember being on top of a volcano is Costa Rica and looking down on clouds below. The sky was so blue above me and the sun seemed close enough to touch. I remember studying the flowers up there and I realized that even up on top of a mountain thousands of miles away from my world God was watching over their delicate lives. I remember many mornings at the beach in Hollywood, watching the sun peek out from the vast horizon and seeing it's beauty reflect off the ocean which stretched beyond the sight of my eyes. I have been reminded of those moments this morning as I read Psalm 24. That all of this creation, everything I have experienced and so much more, even the world itself belongs to God.....The craziest part of it all is that this earth is simply a speck in a seemingly infinite universe. I am left wondering this morning why the creator of all this would care about me, would welcome me into His presence, would call me a son? Why would this King of Glory want to be part of my life? I don't have the answer this morning, but I do accept it in faith and thank Him for moments like this morning when I get it right, atleast for a moment...
God may I not have a short-sighted day, help me see Your majesty through Your creation, through Your people. May I be reminded of how amazing it is that You have welcomed me into Your world and let me enjoy it....and that You have come into my life and changed it forever
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