Awe and Connection

Today, I need to ask for your help. If you are able to make a donation to Dial Hope, any size gift will make a difference. Especially at this critical time, when so many people are feeling isolated, anxious and worried, your gifts will enable us to continue to spread ripples of hope.

I don’t know if you’ve seen the images from the Hubble Space Telescope. Awesome is the only word I know to describe them. It just makes me realize how beautiful and vast the universe is – and it makes me realize that we worship a God who is huge – who created all of this. And even on a smaller scale – sometimes I find myself sitting out on the ocean – looking out at this endless water – and I feel like a speck – so insignificant in the overall scheme of things.

And then on the other hand, I was in our sanctuary early one morning and I was listening to the song Agnus Dei – Lamb of God, and I was praying through the words. All of a sudden it started to rain outside and I could just feel God stirring my soul. I felt this deep desire to surrender my anxiety – to surrender my life again and I lifted up my hands.

It’s amazing to me to think that the Lord – the creator of the universe – the creator of all that is – has created us to be in intimate communion with him – to have this deep connection at a level of the soul. And that God would actually use things like music and rain and silence to draw us closer to the source of life. It is beautiful really when you think about it.

Today I pray that you would find a moment to stop and rest in God’s giving presence. May you remember that the One who created this vast beautiful universe also created you. And his love for you will never end.

Let us pray: Everlasting God, creator of the ends of the earth, we claim today the promises of the prophet Isaiah, “you give power to the faint, and strength to the powerless… Even youths will… grow weary… but those who wait for you 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.” We wait for you this day. Fill us again from the springs of the river of life, that we would give you the praise and serve you with our lives. Amen.