What is the one thing that captured your wonder yesterday? Was it the fresh air that blew across your face as you stepped out your front door? Was it the quiet of the house as you went to bed? Did you encounter any wonder in your day?
So much of life is our handiwork—our accomplishments—our successes. We often miss the wonder tucked within our schedule and busy lives:
- a child’s smile
- the laughter of a friend
- a teenager who does the dishes without being asked
- a young couple learning to dance
- an unexpected understanding from an unlikely source
- the first show of green on an old rose bush
Psalm 89:5 reminds us that the heavens praise the wonders of the Lord. Why don’t we? The heavens will give way to a new heaven and earth one day, but we will live for all eternity future. Why should the heavens be more proficient at praising the wonder of the Lord than we are?
I have decided that the heavens aren’t going to be the only thing praising the wonders of the Creator. I’m determined to write one wonder each day in my journal. Care to join me? I dare you to say, “Wow God, you rock!” out loud each time you see a wonder this week.
What has captured your wonder today?
In Him together, Susan Gaddis
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Finding the Holy in my daily often means responding with gentleness to the abrasive intrusions of the hour. Be it irritating drivers on the freeway or the cable company billing department, I find myself called to relate with self-controlled mindfulness.
The earth of 
May the Three who created,
The Father who thought it,
The Word who spoke it,
The Spirit who danced over it,
Move in and through me this day,
To think as He thinks,
To speak as He speaks,
To dance as He dances,
Throughout my chores and business,
In the duties that are so ordinary—revealing the Faithful One.
In the demands of those I serve—mirroring the Servant.
In my cleaning and my cooking—echoing the Song.
This day and everyday,
May I be a reflection of the Three-One,
Who created all and sustains all.
The New Year comes. May you experience the gift of simple days where the Holy walks with the ordinary. “I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God” (Eccl. 3:12–13 NIV).
Cleanup is not my favorite Christmas ritual. Twenty-five big and little people make lots of messes, so I cleaned the kitchen six times on Christmas. Tom took the last shift. He also bagged wrinkled wrapping paper and vacuumed before I tided up the house.
Have you ever felt a twinge of loneliness slip in at Christmas? I have, and not for lack of family or holiday spirit—both abound at my house. 
Christmas is unwrapped in Holy disorder. It is God’s fault. Life escalates the excitement, stress, and extra activities during this season.
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