Wonder

From whose womb has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given birth?
Water becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
Job 38:29,30



I just enjoyed a weekend full of icy wonder. I have also been listening to old sermons by Ravi Zacharias, sermons on wonder. Recently, two different people mentioned this series. It is a series I heard quite a while ago but had completely forgotten. According to Ravi, "when wonder is lost ... dignity is lost as man is reduced to mere matter ...and when wonder is lost gratitude is lost. Gratitude is indispensable for existence." Ravi also referred to a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him. I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life..." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Posted in honor of MLK Jr. Day)

I still have to battle a winter tendency to neglect gratitude, but a chance to be awed by God's creation was a gentle nudge. He is the One 'that can do all things'. Even at this cold season, time to appreciate God and a world that is not mere matter, a universe where we are more than flotsam and jetsam, can restore wonder and gratitude.

Blessings, wonder, and peace multiplied.

"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?"
"Is it at your command that the the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?" Job 38:4 & 39:27