Thank You

  Our God is magnificent. This may seem like a tiny statement. It could be a statement uttered in ignorance of any other god. In this case it isn't an empty, tiny statement. The statement rings from mountain to mountain. The stones themselves sing of His greatness.  Flowers bloom in praise of our God.  Waterfalls dance from deep within the forest to echo the angels' song.  Brothers and sisters in Christ lift their hands in every corner of the world reaching for our God.
  Some of our future brothers and sisters do not know our Lord.  Many are still striving to serve angry gods.  They are watching every move wondering which will stir their god's wrath.  Then when evil follows on evil, when every pain of life is returned without love, they cry out to another form of god. The Hindu people serve many gods and goddesses. The art of their deities is amazing and terrifying.  They say that each of the gods and goddesses are aspects of the one unnamed god force. The descriptions of the deities do not mention love.  Battle is a frequent theme but not love.
  The Greeks had a multitude of gods and goddesses.  They loved the humans but not in a pure way.  There are so few gods whose central theme is love and so many people who are searching for that love.
   The art work of our God is the sky with its stars and moon and sun. The aspects of our God are not masked as little gods with little purposes. While we cannot understand every part of our God, it is ok. We can see His love for us in the wildflowers that line the roads. We can taste His joy in cakes and bread and spices.  We can drink in the hope only He offers in the clean water and warm coffee.  Our God is the beginning and the end, the giver of all good and perfect things, He loves us. He who carved the most beautiful canyons loves us. He who designed the intricate chemicals that form life loves us.  No matter what happens in this life we rest in the joy and peace and hope that our God is with us and when we are done here, He will take us home. Thank you Lord and Father that You sent Your son to die for our sins. Thank you that Jesus defeated death through His resurrection and that through Him we can know You.  We give you praise that we do not live in uncertainty. Because You are You we live in the knowledge that we are loved.  Thank you. Now let us go and do Your will.