Flight

Flight


For the week of Thanksgiving, Michelle and I flew to Ft. Worth, Texas to surprise her parents. You can read all about that amazing week at her blog, Undeserving of Grace.

The whole week was a huge blessing in many ways, but here, I want to highlight one in particular. This trip was my first airplane flight ever and my first trip to Texas. On the way there, we flew at night and when we were turning to set up to land, our side of the plane was able to see the stars and I was amazed at the very sight of them. I was like a kid in a candy store!

But the whole climax of the flight was when we were flying back during the day. I was pretty much an emotional wreck, not from nerves or anything like that, but because of what I saw out the window...


As Michelle slept the whole flight (1.5 hours), I cried about half that time. I have never seen anything like this before! As I cried and listened to my mp3 player, the only thing I could do was read Psalm 97:1-6. How great is our God!


As I read the Psalms, I considered the fact that although the psalmists proclaimed that the heavens declare the glory of God, they never saw the other side of the clouds. This has deepened my view of Psalm 19:1-6. When we have the opportunity to see on the other side of the clouds, we see more than the psalmists and we see proof that God is here. Lately, I have been reminded that God is not a God that is far away, but as Psalm 73:25-28 mentions, "the nearness of God is my good." Praise Jesus!! We are now near to God because of the blood of Jesus: Ephesians 2.

May you come to realize even more that the heavens and all of creation declare the greatness AND nearness of God! May you be broken and humbled before our great God!