“Really Amazing”

     Susan and I were sitting on our deck down at the Jersey Shore.  It was early evening, the sun had just about disappeared over the bay and a sliver of the moon was shining in the distant sky.  We were doing our afternoon/evening Daily Office (“Engage The Word”), and in our time of  silence I was looking around.  I saw the beautiful houses next door and I thought, “Those houses are amazing.”  Then I gazed at the beauty of the orange light and magnificent clouds around the fading sunset and I thought “But that is really amazing.”  I saw and heard the cars passing by and I thought, “Wow, man’s ingenuity is amazing.” Then I looked at the moon and I thought, “But God’s creative ability is really amazing.”  I heard a person talking on her cellphone and I thought, “Wireless ability to communicate, how amazing.”  Then I saw the stars in the night sky and thought about the ocean’s roar and marveled about a human life holding that phone and I thought…”But God is really amazing.”

      Man does amazing things.  But God does really amazing things.

      Man has abilities.  But God has really amazing abilities.

      Mankind is amazing.  But God is really amazing.

     In the silence and through the Word I am reminded what an amazing God we have.  No matter the difficulties or challenges we face, no matter the place in life where we have come from or the frontier we are yet to encounter, we do so with an amazing God.

      A really amazing God.

by Chris Tomlin

Shalom!