Everything Has Its Wonders

Today’s message was written by my friend Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope.

Helen Keller once said, “Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence.” We are unduly nervous around darkness and silence. We shine flashlights into the dark rather than grow accustomed to it. We fill any silence of over 30 seconds with noise. One of the signs of maturity is increased comfort in living amid the dark and silent periods of existence. 

When Tomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson met for the first time and realized the depth of their kinship, they sat together without saying a word. They simply enjoyed being with each other. There was no need to chatter.

The Psalmist said, “Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46). Isaiah said, “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40). 

Let us pray: Creator God, we marvel at your small wonders and your overarching grandeur. We crouch down to examine a centipede or a gecko and we stand on a mountaintop to try to take in the Milky Way. We listen to the time cry of a newborn kitten and we cringe in the face of the roar of a thunderstorm. This day we give you thanks and we ask your blessing, that you will “raise us up on eagle’s wings,’ bear us on the breath of angels, make us to shine like the sun and hold us in palm of your hand. Through the grace of Jesus Christ. Amen.