God Gives Us The Horizon
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Breathe In The Broad Horizon
Of God’s Steadfast Love
Psalm 118:5
Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.
2 Corinthians 1:7
Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our consolation.
Words of Grace For Today
When we auger our way into deep holes of whatever kind, we are not able to see even our own dreamed of horizons, our goals, or our hopes. We want God or someone to come and pull us up so that we can see our horizon again, so that we can walk forward towards our goals, so that we can realize our hopes.
God comes all right.
God comes and pulls us out of the holes we get ourselves into.
God comes and places us in broad open places,
But NOT so that we can see our own horizon, goals or dreams realized.
God places us in the broad open places of God’s creation so that we can see, not only our own lives, but all of God’s universe from a bit of God’s perspective. We never see as God does: all things, from all times, all at once, fully knowing and understanding everything. God does share with us a glimpse or two of the broadness of God’s creation and our place in it.
God sends saints to guide us,
Then God sends us saints to guide others,
Always in God’s good creation according to God’s good will, grace, and steadfast love for us all.
Just another day. In the Hole. God plucking us up. Glimpsing the broad view. Sharing it with others.
Always God’s steadfast love surrounds us, so we dance a step or a jig of thanks.