"God Is! God Is!"

"If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there."  ~  Psalm 139:8 NIV

It is the normality not the uniqueness of God's miracles that causes them to be so staggering.  Rather than shocking the globe with an occasional demonstration of deity, God has opted to display his power daily.  Proverbially.  Pounding waves.  Prism-cast colors.  Birth, death, life.  We are surrounded by miracles.  God is throwing testimonies at us like fireworks, each one exploding, "God is! God is!" 

The psalmist marveled at such holy handiwork.  "Where can I go from your Spirit?" he questioned with delight.  "Where can I flee from your presence?  If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there" (Psalm 139:7-8 NIV). 

We wonder, with so many miraculous testimonies around us, how we could escape God.  But somehow we do.  We live in an art gallery of divine creativity and yet are content to gaze only at the carpet.

God Came Near, Max Lucado

Sowing Seeds of Peace

Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge.  ~  Hosea 10:12

Want to see a miracle?  Plant a word of love heartdeep in a person's life.  Nurture it with a smile and a prayer, and watch what happens.

An employee gets a compliment.  A wife receives a bouquet of flowers.  A cake is baked and carried next door.  A widow is hugged.  A gas station attendant is honored.  A preacher is praised.

Sowing seeds of peace is like sowing beans.  You don't know why it works; you just know it does.  Seeds are planted, and topsoils of hurt are shoved away.

Don't forget the principle.  Never underestimate the power of a seed.

Max Lucado, excerpt from The Applause of Heaven