Vacations and moments take time to process. Perhaps it is just me, I am a slow thinker. Always have been.
We’ve been home from vacation for a week now and I am still in processing mode. We rented a home in the mountains this year instead of by the lake. Who knew all it would hold for us?
It was surely different than past rentals. Simpler. Smaller. From the time I stepped onto the property back in February, I knew it was where we should be.
There’s only one way to explain the feeling – it called deeply to my soul.
So many memories keep swirling in my mind but one has been forefront and center for days.
It was the night they called me out onto the deck, into the stillness and blackest of nights. “Look up!” they shouted. Above us was the clearest, brightest, and most distinct sky my eyes have ever beheld.
Countless stars, each twinkling. The big dipper visible in its glory.
The sky looked like a panoramic photo. Too perfect to be real and yet, there it was before us. We stood silent and in awe.
The sky and the moment have been speaking to my heart every since. I knew there was more, more than simply the wonder of it all. God had something He was wanting to say, but stayed silent, letting the memory become ingrained in my mind. Until the morning, once home from vacation, when I read this Scripture:
“The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born.” (Psalm 33:6, NLT)
God’s Word and creation display His character and His power to us in ways our minds simply cannot comprehend. Omnipotently, He created everything out of nothing. He simply breathed, spoke the word, and the stars came into being without any opposition for there is no power greater than His.
In that moment on the deck, I felt small as His vastness was declared in the sky above me.
“The sovereignty of God is that golden scepter in his hand by which he will make all bow, either by his word or by his works, by his mercies or by his judgments.” (Thomas Brooks)
My heart has been bowed low by His works displayed that night, and by His Word in the days since. God is sovereign over His works and over our lives. I may not understand all the ways God works in our lives, but this I am sure, God will intervene in the lives of His people at the right moment, for He is faithful to His own.
Here’s the thing God has been speaking into my heart ever since –
He is still breathing the word, His Word –
into our lives, into our circumstances, and
bringing new life.
May we have eyes to see His countless wonders every day!
Today I am joining … Trekking Thru the Week and Unite and #RaRaLInkup and Grace Full Tuesday and Tell His Story .
Joanne, your words blessed me, spoke right into that place of awe I have for Him. We too spent time in a cabin in the mountains this year, different from years past at the beach. I long to return to the mountains. Thank you for this truth and sharing what He showed you.
Julie, it’s so funny as just last night we discussed should we return to the mountains or the lake next year. I, too, am wanting the mountains 🙂 May we be in awe of Him each and every day!
Oh, Joanne, hw I love this post! I love gazing at the stars, especially when I’m far away from city lights. Thank you for sharing this post. In this season of my life, when busy-ness tries to consume my every thought, I need to remember to be still before Him, to meditate on His word.
I loved this reminder:
He is still breathing the word, His Word ”“
into our lives, into our circumstances, and
bringing new life.
Thank you fo starting off my day with such beauty!r
I often need time to process too, Joanne. I love how this trip came together for you at the right place and time. And for this beautiful insight: “He is still breathing the word, His Word ”“
into our lives, into our circumstances, and
bringing new life.”
Amen. Listening to the song now; it’s new to me and I love it!
Joanne – this is beautiful! I love how you described that the place called to the deep of your soul … that is a beautiful image. 🙂 I think we all too often we go on vacation, but it is more of the same rushing around to do and see and not so much be! I am learning to take it much slower and actually vacation. thanks for sharing 🙂
I love times of reflection like this. We are definitely soul sisters. Thanks for writing all of this out for us.
Looking at the night sky always reminds me of how big God is and of his power.