We’ve been singing
this beautiful song at church lately (Check out an very cool live version here. Or the lyrics here.) and this
past Sunday a spark resonated deep inside my soul and it's been an amazing few days. Let me explain: One of the ladies in the
praise band quoted the passage in Luke 19 when Jesus says, “If they keep quiet,
the stones will cry out.” She went on to
say that if humanity won’t praise God, creation will…and this got me to
thinking…
What if…when the
trees blow in the wind, what if that movement is their reaction to God’s
glorious being? What if, when the waves
crash against the rocks and white froth foams as a result, what if that that
movement and reaction against rock is the ocean’s way of praising The Creator
of the Universe? What if thunder is the
wind’s inability to contain its gratitude to God Almighty? What if the babbling of a brook is a sweet
song offered up to The One who put the rocks near the water?
And these thoughts
led to an amazing conversation with my 5 year old. I told her about Luke 19 and Jesus saying
that if people don’t praise God, then nature will. And…she…was…amazed. And this led to a full day of us (+ my other
little one) driving around town singing this song at the top of our lungs and
her spontaneously holding her hands up toward Heaven. She has never been in “big church” and to my
knowledge has never seen someone do this…it was as if she just couldn’t contain
her praise…and that was…AWESOME.
Later in the day she
was with my mom and looked out the window and said “Look at those trees blowing
in the wind. Did you know they are
praising God?” And then this evening, as
we had the song cranked up and were singing it loudly…it began to rain…in
July. And it was….AWESOME. We ran outside and danced and twirled in the
light sprinkle of rain and she said – well more like gleefully giggled, “Mommy,
the clouds…they just have to praise God!”
And it was…AWESOME.
Today was one of the best days
of my life.
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