𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝

“𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢-𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦.” – 𝘚𝘪𝘳 𝘐𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘤 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘵𝘰𝘯 

These words from one of the greatest and most influential minds of modern science have always seemed like music to me. I get it; I get the fascination with God’s great creation; I get the distraction that arises from marveling at a puzzle or at beauty or at the human spirit. 

  

Today, I sat in the front of the car listening to my girls singing together in the backseat, laughing over something they heard through their headphones. I heard my eldest offer to help my youngest when she said she needed assistance. I saw my youngest stop to help another child in the hallway. My heart leapt at a baby’s smile; my heart melted at the proud look on my student’s face when he said, “Thank you,” when I told him how well he did today; my heart connected with a friend when, instead of “Thank you,” she said, “I love you, too.” 

  

Newton’s work revolutionized the philosophy of science but that stemmed from watching the world around him and admiring the genius of God’s work. The kindness of strangers, the interaction of two beasts in the wild, the innocence of children, the drive within us all to continue improving ourselves and the world around us – these things are God’s everyday miracles. They’re intricate details of His glorious plan. They’re intriguing and beautiful and worthy of our praise. 

  

We spend a lot of time asking God for the things we need. We even tend to remember to thank Him. We do a lot of begging forgiveness as well. Praise comes a bit harder to me, though – Until I look around and I see the results of His work. Wow, our God, our Creator and Author, is indeed worthy of praise and easy to praise. And how magnificent that a being as superior as our God would take the time to love each of us. Amazing. He’s my hero on a white horse. 

  

"𝑻𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓. 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒏." 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 4:20 (𝑵𝑰𝑽)