Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise

When men worship Jesus Christ, 

they do not fall at his feet in broken submission but in wondering love. 

A man does not say, 'I cannot resist a might like that.' 

He says, 'Love so amazing, so divine, demands my life, my soul, my all.' 

A man does not say, 'I am battered into surrender.' 

He says, 'I am lost in wonder, love, and praise.'

- William Barclay

Thinking back to our study this morning in the book of Esther. King Xerxes was a man with insatiable desire for power and honor and rule. He was approached in fear.

Such a contrast to our relationship with King Jesus. He is all-powerful, deserving of all honor, ruler of all. Yet we need not approach Him in fear, for He bids us, "Come unto me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28).

Image~Saint Coloman's Church

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Totally Awesome!

Thinking of the eclipse today and how so much more awesome it would be to know when Jesus is returning on a cloud so we could watch for him. Talk about totally awesome!  And it will be, even though we know not the day nor the hour.

O Lord, our Lord,
    How majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory above the heavens. 

    Out of the mouth of babies and infants,

You have established strength because of your foes,
    to still the enemy and the avenger.

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
    the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

What is man that you are mindful of him,
    and the son of man that you care for him?

Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
    and crowned him with glory and honor. 

You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
    you have put all things under his feet, 

all sheep and oxen,
    and also the beasts of the field,

the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
    whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

O Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 8 

Image ~  A late afternoon hike from the Dewdrop to Red Plateau - colourful clouds at sunset
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