Read this first: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+64&version=NIV
The righteous will rejoice in the Lord
and take refuge in him;
all the upright in heart will glory in him
Do you glory in the Lord? I suppose when I think about that two things give me the feeling of giving glory to the Lord- when I’m out in creation and when I’m singing with God’s people. I recall many awesome Easters where after helping flip pancakes and wearing my pink jacket, when I’d come into the sanctuary and be greeted with brass horns, tympani, and the choir and congregation singing Alleluias to the king. That’s glory. Seeing the sun set over the lake in Glacier and singing God of wonders is up there for high points of thinking of God’s glory.
But faith isn’t feelings. Over the last few months I’ve spent time with kids sharing the faith. It’s been amazing having one on one time with them, but to be honest the editing and the creating the lesson sometimes feels like work. Great work and awesome to hear kids share their faith and have one on one time I would never have. But it’s become rote somehow? I feel like that happens with God’s glory too. Those things that feel like amazing moments of God’s glory like the first time we figured out how to get our choir to sing virtually now happens each week. It’s still just as amazing but it’s not noteworthy.
I suppose this year is the same way. March was noteworthy. Since then every week has been similar. It’s like school with no vacations and no hanging out with your friends. It’s weird.
God has been doing good things for us forever. So it’s easy to take it for granted. His glory is a bit like air to us or water to a goldfish. This is just typical. Yep there’s water in my sink, grace and forgiveness in God, blueberries on the bush, those things are clock work. But they’re also miracles.
May you and I see the glory of God around us today!
Marking It Up 