In Awe

“Can you fathom the mysteries of God?
    Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
They are higher than the heavens above—what can you do?
    They are deeper than the depths below—what can you know? –Job 11:7-8

Ever experienced something that is beyond words? Ever try to explain a sunset? Describe falling in love? What’s the appropriate rhetoric for awe?

It’s hard to believe the moon landing was 56 years ago. But it was only 66 years after the flight at Kitty Hawk! Civilization has advanced exponentially in the fields of science and technology over the past century.

Our reasoned and scientifically trained minds have solved many of creation’s mysteries. We know why the sky is blue and why the stars twinkle. But why do we gaze at the stars and dream? Knowing why the newborn cries after its first breath doesn’t come close to explaining how the sound changes the parent’s heart, forever.

If somebody'd said before the flight, "Are you going to get carried away looking at the earth from the moon?" I would have say, "No, no way." But yet when I first looked back at the earth, standing on the moon, I cried.” –Alan Shepherd

As we find ourselves relying on technology to bring us breaking news, facebook updates and Pinterest recipes, let us remember that technology is a gift. It is wasted if it distracts us from the mysteries of God. We’ll probably never experience the awe of standing on the moon looking back at the earth, but there is plenty of awe to experience right here and now. All we have to do is open our eyes and hearts to God’s activity in the world around us.

See you Sunday!
Missy