"Research shows that when humans experience awe--wonderment at redwoods or rainbows, Rembrandt or Rachmaninoff--we become less individualistic, less self-focused, less materialistic, and more connected to those around us. In marveling at something greater than ourselves, we become more able to reach out to others. At first, this seems counter intuitive, but on closer examination, it begins to sound a lot like the Great Command: Love God with heart, soul, mind, and strength (marvel at Someone greater than yourself)...love your neighbor (reach out to others). Awe helps us worry less about self-worth by turning our eyes first toward God, then toward others. It also helps establish our self-worth in the best possible way: we understand both our insignificance within creation and our significance to our Creator. But just like a child on an iPad at the foot of an eight-hundred-year-old redwood, we can miss majesty when it is right in front of us." -Jen Wilken, None Like Him
I am once again reminded to look upon the Creator when life throws itself upon me. When I feel overcome by the waves of this world and the doubts of my heart, may I sit at the foot of Jesus. Trust in His omniscience, omnipotence (His ability to act), omnipresence, immutability, self-sufficiency, self-existence, incomprehensibility, and sovereignty (His authority to act).
