This morning, after TRX, I could tell it was a great sunrise, so I went for a little walk. I felt like I was sneaking up on the majesty of Mount Rainier. The clouds were hovering right over the rest of the range, like shadows wrestling the glow of the sun.
Pictures don't do it justice.
I couldn't help but remember a word from my dear deceased friend, John Owen,
Think greatly of the greatness of God
Boy did I see His greatness this morning. I'm so glad I'm still in awe of these mountains. It never gets old. It's still a miracle. I hope it's a miracle every time for the rest of my life.
It's a miracle I'm alive to see the Master Craftsman's hand and not dead in my sin. It's a miracle that I who was once a prisoner of darkness have been set free to run toward Christ's marvelous light.
As another favorite pastor of mine says,
Every day that you know Jesus is a day that you are alive in Him instead of dead in your sins. Praise the Lord. Andrew Pack
Don't miss miracles:
Receive them with thanks, and watch
As they multiply.
(That's a haiku for those of you who missed it ;) )
I came home and heated a muffin and spread honey peanut butter and steeped green tea and I gave thanks.
The great God who made those mountains and told the sun when to rise also planted the grains and taught the herbs to grow. And He raised my dead heart to life. Praise the Lord.
My sin, oh the bliss, of this glorious thought;
My sin, not in part, but the whole
Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, oh my soul!
It is well
With my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul
But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. "The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him". The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentation 2:21-26.
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