How Great He Is!

   O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
   When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
   What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
   For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
   Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
   All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
   The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
   O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

                                                                               (Psalm 8:1,3-9 KJV)

I am a little late on the blog this morning.  I was outside watering flowers and listening to the birds sing. The early mornings here in Florida are awesome. What a beautiful world our Lord created! It is such a privilege to be able to spend time observing His wondrous creation.

O Lord, our Lord, how great you are!

God's Peace - Pr. J

The Whippoorwill's Joyful Noise

O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

                                                                          (Psalm 95:1-3 KJV)

My new home is relatively quiet. I am in the country; but, not really. It is certainly not city dwelling. There are a lot of trees and birds around. There are also a lot of sounds. There is the sound of the television, usually way too loud and very rarely joyful. Almost daily, I can hear the sound of someone target practicing in the distance. The airplanes from the airport in Daytona Beach pass over the house almost continuously and then there are the helicopters that circle overhead quite often looking for someone in need of assistance. Most of these sounds I can ignore or maybe I've already gotten so used to them that I rarely hear them.

But, the sound that is so sweet to hear is the sound of the Whippoorwills singing before the sun rises and after it sets as I wander around the yard spending some quiet time talking with God. The sound of the Whippoorwills' music is not disturbing in the least. It is the sound of joy! "Wake up and rejoice,: they sing. "A new day has come!" And, in the evening, "Rest peacefully tonight in this place that the Lord has given you."  

Let us always rejoice for the Lord is a great God and He has done marvelous things for us!

God's Peace - Pr. J