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Tag Archives: wonder
once every day I shall simply
This damp spring morning, the clover glistened. I found myself captivated. Thousands of tiny specs, dazzling, lay before my eyes. Green at its spring loveliest, crowned with glistening drops of misty moisture. Droplets suspended, balancing on each smooth leaf like rare … Continue reading
happiness doubled by wonder
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Happiness doubled by wonder. Thanks as the highest form of thought. What does Chesterton mean? How does this … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith, God
Tagged deep gratitude, G.K. Chesterton, grateful, happiness, Hebrew 12:28, I Samuel 12:24, kingdom, painful circumstances, Psalm 5:7, thanks, wonder, worshipful gratitude
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What to do when I can’t understand
When I cannot understand anything in the Bible, it seems to me as though God had set a chair there for me, at which to kneel and worship; and that the mysteries are intended to be an altar of devotion. … Continue reading
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Tagged C.H. Spurgeon, cannot understand, Carl Vilhelm Holsoe, Job 37:5, mysteries, mystery, wonder, worship
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What is white for?
I wonder why God thought of white. White sand, so blinding in midday heat that it shimmers as diamonds against a turquoise sea. White swans, glowing, lucent, almost incandescent in winter moonlight, gliding effortlessly over pools of liquid navy. Or … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, color white, God, God creates, Jesus' return, snowy owl, swans, white, white horse, white horses, white lion, white lion cubs, white sand, wonder
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I wonder if penguins ever look up?
Taken at the end of a frozen Antarctic winter, this night-sky photo mesmerizes me. Only penguins and seals and whales live under night skies like this. Most of us will never, with our own eyes, in this life, look upon … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith, God, Jesus
Tagged Antarctica, emperor penguins, I wonder as I wander, night sky, penguins, Psalm 19:1, Psalm 74:16, stratospheric clouds, winter clouds, winter sky, wonder
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your first waking moments
What do you do with your first waking moments? Some days we don’t have a choice — a crying toddler stands at our bedside with urgent needs, or we wake to a nurse making her early morning rounds. But, what … Continue reading
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Tagged first waking moments, God's word, Light for the Day, sanctification, scripture reading, social media, wonder, worship
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the seahorse – a diminutive declaration
I went with my daughter and her friends to the Georgia Aquarium last week, and of all the displays of underwater majesty there (dolphins, belugas, rays, penguins), I kept finding myself standing and gazing through the glass at the diminutive … Continue reading
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Tagged aquarium, creation, Genesis 1:21, God the creator, Revelation 5, seahorse, wonder, worship
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ferns and summer and rays of sunlight
Summer smells and sounds, summer colors and places and memories. Which, if you imagine your happiest summer moment, come to mind? Do you dream of a cool haven tucked away in the deep green of a wooded wonderland? Do … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, C.S. Lewis, frustrated, happiness, heaven, home, idols, Jesus Christ's supremacy, longing, pointers, preferences, satisfaction, summer, twisted, wonder, worship
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Why is water so shiny?
I wonder why water is so shiny. I don’t mean that I wonder at the physics behind glinting sunlight reflected on a late-afternoon river. I don’t want to understand the formula for the change in the direction of a light … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, Hebrews 1:2-3, Jesus Christ's supremacy, knowing God, Psalm 19, Revelation 21:23, Romans 1:20, shiny water, sunlight on water, water, wonder, worship
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The worlds Thy hands have made
I gaze, speechless. My pulse quickens, and my eyes well with tears. And as I stare at the images brought us by the Hubble Space Telescope, I find myself whispering, “Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee, how … Continue reading
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