2-14-15

It always amazes me how God invites us to share in daily disappointments and frustrations so that we can have a more complete picture of his glory.

These earthly sorrows are far more than the inconveniences that we perceive them as. As the Bible says, "they are achieving for us an eternal weight of glory that far outweighs them all." All of our little sorrows serve as daily reminders that we live in a broken world, but also point us to the eternal kingdom that has been won and promised to all who believe. Now that is God's glory being revealed one trial at a time.

It's incredible to me and often times overwhelming how broken the world is. It's hard to know that there was a perfect design but because of our sinfulness we continue to distort and misunderstand that original plan. But what is more incredible to me is how all of those broken fragments point directly to hope through Jesus... how each broken piece serves to reflect a different facet of God into our hearts.

"Send me your light and your faithful care,
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to the place where you dwell.
Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my joy and my delight.
I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God."
Psalm 43:3,4

Lord, keep teaching me how to continuously worship in all circumstances.