"Lord, May Your Wonders Never Cease"

Nothing in the world improves your mood quite like the summertime. I mean come on, what is really so great about winter aside from Christmas? Nothing. "Oh, let's play in the snow!! Then we can come inside and get some pneumonia!!!" FAIL! Summertime is where it's at. Time to play softball and golf, go swimming, grill, and do all of those things that you talk about doing in the dread of winter. Nothing feels better than jumping into a pool on a hot summer's day, or scoring the first birdie of the year, or grilling simple meats into a work of art, or sitting on the porch late at night with your new neighbors.

Have you ever been to an art museum or seen a work of art? Ever created a work of art? Usually at the bottom of that artwork you will see a signature from the artist. And no, it's usually not the same signature they sign checks with. This is an authentic signature, usually flowered up as to where no one can reproduce it even if they tried. It's the certificate that it's their work, and they are proud of it. I'll bet if you look closely at the world around, you will see God's signature. Every blade of grass, every drop of water, every beacon of light, every bird in the air...God is written in the bottom left hand corner.

Here's the problem. Today we stress our achievements as being authentically ours.  See, we can build some of the most breathtaking buildings, awesome amusement parks, lightning fast cars, and other amazing wonders. However, we forget so quickly that God made every element of those. It's like when you buy a jigsaw puzzle. You did not draw the picture, or cut the pieces. The same is true with the world around us. God is the creator, we've just gotten good at putting together the pieces.

In today's sermon, Jamie mentioned Hemingway's story in which he only used 6 words to tell an entire story. I think that if you were given a challenge to tell the story of the world in 6 words how would it go? Post a comment here on the Blog

I think it goes something like this...

"Lord, may your wonders never cease."

Have a good week!