glorious

Saturday, July 11, 2009 (5:14 a.m.)

Harrah’s Laughlin, NV

Most Holy Lord God,

Thank You that the very first words out of my mouth this morning were, “Oh my God!” What a view Lord. Waking up with the curtains having been intentionally left open was spectacular. The colors of the eastern sky, set behind the Arizona mountain peaks and ridges were nothing short of glorious.

“But wait! There’s more” As breathtaking as it was to begin with, now the clouds are participating with this morning call to worship. There are pinks and purples swirling together in the north while dead center has some intensely white action going on. It all changes so quickly Lord. Just a glance down at the screen or the keyboard provokes yet another gasp as I return my gaze to Your heavens.

Turning to 1 Chronicles 29:13 in Your Word, I get to read David’s prayer over the building of Your great temple at Jerusalem. Most glorious God, here he thanks and praises Your glorious name. But again, there’s so much more here than originally meets the eye. Even in reading about the details of the building itself, there was encouragement (28:20) in not becoming afraid of the size of the task.

Lord God, thank You that You never ask us to build anything without Your first knowing what Your plan is. Thank You that even though David was not permitted to do any of the actual building as he had originally thought, his last days were still “happily filled with its details and in gathering the resources” (The Bible Handbook).

There is so much more to learn here, but this particular morning I have to jump up, get ready and move on to Albuquerque via Flagstaff. Father, I ask You to continue Your blessings on us during this trip. You’ve made it glorious thus far.

Thank You for Your love and this time to fellowship. I love You so much. Amen.

(326 words ~ 6:26 a.m.)