Wonder

I've been on vacation with the fam all week down in Gulf Shores. We've been chillin' at the beach or the pool most of the time, but on Wednesday I got to go deep sea fishing--a Father's Day idea my wife had (ain't she sweet!).

So I caught about five fish, all just big enough to swallow my bait and leave nothing for the big guns...but it was still a lot of fun. We went through a couple of rainstorms (I momentarily lapsed into a state of panic from a flashback of "The Perfect Storm") and saw some dolphins on the way back to shore.

As we cruised along through the surf, I was struck again by the sheer magnitude of the world that God has made. Not only the size, but also the incessant activity of it all...the endless swelling of the ocean, the sophisticated ecosystems that function without us even knowing, the weather systems that feed the earth with necessary rain. None of it misses God's watchful eye.

Not only that, but God is incredibly interested in each of us--Jer 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you." He places each of us at a strategic point in history, designs us for success in the role He's gifted us to play, and He stands ready and willing to help us achieve the goals that He has planted within our hearts. AND He's personal about it--Matt 10:30 "And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered." To think that He knows the millions of trillions of hairs on the heads of the billions of people that have ever walked the face of the planet is almost beyond comprehension. He knows us inside and out!

In Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller writes that one of the highest forms of worship is wonder. I think he's right. When I stop trying to verbalize everything in my heart to God and just stand there in speechless reverence, something happens. I feel small...because I am small. I feel humble...because He's so great. I feel loved...because I am loved.

May we never lose our sense of wonder.