A Day for Reflection

There have been two thoughts running through my head for the last two days. (Who said blondes could not multi-task!) The first one is the chorus that goes “Oh Lord, Our Lord, how majestic is Your name.” This comes from Psalm 8:1, “Oh, Lord, Our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth.” I started a new Bible Study this week, “The Patriarchs” by Beth Moore. The very first lesson was on God’s majestic name. One of the things she brought out was that the Israelites so revered God’s name that they wouldn’t even say it out loud. When the priest had to say God’s name during a ceremony in the temple, he closed his eyes in reverence to the glory of God. How often do we feel that kind of reverence for God’s name. As little children, we are taught that God is our Father and He loves us as his children. That is true. But sometimes, I’m afraid we look more on Him as a friend and don’t reverence Him as we should. As I sit here looking out over the water, I can’t help but be amazed at the different wonderful, beautiful works of God. The birds, the sky, the water and just my ability to sit here and enjoy the beautiful day He has given us. Does it ever amaze you that a God who can put all this into place for such a day as this can also care about the least little thing that happens in your life? Sometimes, I lose track of that amazing fact. I think things are too trivial for Him to worry about. But He doesn’t see it that way.

The other thought that has been running through my mind is the concept of “six degrees of separation.” I looked it up on the internet to make sure I understood the concept. This is the theory that everyone on earth is connected to everyone else within six people. You know someone who knows someone, who knows someone, until it gets back to you. There have been studies that confirm this theory and studies that disprove it. With the computer age, the theory is more easily proven to be true. Our Missionary Parent Fellowship meets this weekend. When God first laid this group on my heart, I thought this would be a group of people I didn’t know. But as the group has evolved, it turns out that I know most of them in one way or another. We all share one thing in common, though. Our love for God and willingness to serve Him through our children. Tiffany once told me that she was amazed how everywhere we went I would invariably see someone I knew. Today, at lunch, I was talking with a lady from our church. She was telling me about a lady that came to the last Bible study we did and accepted Christ during the course of the Bible study. She told me she was the daughter of a friend of hers and when she told me the name, I realized that I probably knew her through having her children at Bondy. Just goes to show you, I guess, that the theory is true sometimes.

I try to relate the concept of “six degrees” back to my relationship to God. All my relationships should begin and end with God. It is my responsibility to point others to him, as the saying goes, “and sometimes use words.” That is a favorite phrase of our Sunday School teacher. It goes along with one of Danny’s favorite sayings, “Be careful of the life you lead, you may be the only Bible some people read.” Oh, that my life would be such that it points others to God through my words and deeds.

Now on the lighter side, Claire’s birthday was this week. I am still waiting for pictures from Daniel and Tiffany (hint, hint!). I’m sure she had a wonderful time at her birthday party. The hard part of their being all the way over there is not getting to see Claire (and Daniel and Tiffany) as much as we would like.