Monday, January 17, 2022
Moonset,
Waiting for Sunrise,
Trusting God’s Gifts,
Singing God’s Praise
As It Is Fitting!
Psalm 147:1
Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.
Ephesians 5:19
Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts.
Words of Grace For Today
Cell phones across the world produce pictures and videos at an astounding rate each day.
From Statista: “In 2021, the number of mobile devices operating worldwide stood at almost 15 billion….” https://www.statista.com/statistics/245501/multiple-mobile-device-ownership-worldwide/
This means that we have an overwhelming plethora of images of our world, manipulated to look better than reality by software written and rewritten by programmers … so much so that our imagination of what the world is has been bent, skewed, and perverted to such an extent that experiencing the real world has become extra-ordinary. Some find it marvellous to experience the real world. Others (those so disconnected from reality through their reliance on digital ‘connections’) find it outright daunting and even frightening.
The music of the spheres, as it was named centuries ago, plays through the universe, from the deepest points in space to the tiniest piece of creation on earth …
and
we are privileged to be able to sing along
with
wondrous praise
for the Creator of this magnificent creation
in which we were created to live, flourish, love, hope, and find connection with each other and with creation.
A great photo (in comparison to a snapshot or picture or video) uses all the tools at hand (in the camera and available to the photographer) and
imagines
the wonders that can be produced from a particular perspective of creation,
in order to create (as God made us able to be creative, not mere tools manipulated by software)
an image that speaks volumes
(of praise)
about
the Creator, us creatures, and this amazing planet we live on (and some of us are so privileged to have shelter to call home on.)
So we sing songs of praise that are fitting to the gifts God gives us, and we sing and make melody to the Lord in our hearts.
What will we do this day with all God’s gifts?
Will we selfishly destroy and destory other people’s connection to reality in order that we can ‘get ahead’ or
will we sing God’s praises?
What will you do this day with all God’s gifts?
Will you selfishly destroy and destory other people’s connection to reality in order that you can ‘get ahead’ or
will you sing God’s praises?
Choose as you will, but as for me and mine, we will serve the Lord, and sing and sing and sing God’s praises in our hearts and in all we do each day, as God makes us saints able.