Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Glory in the Morning


This morning as I walked out of my house a small moment of wonder happened. And since I haven't blogged for such a long time, I thought this would be a cool thing to share.



As I walked out of my house this morning at around 6:30 (which isn't too unusual for me...I usually go to work at 7/7:30 once or twice a week), the weather was cool, sunlight just breaking, some birds were chirping and it was just so quite...kinda like those mornings during a retreat when you try to wake up for sunrise devos and you know everyone else is still sleeping...it's kinda like finding treasure, an untouched moment of glory at the break of day.

So as I walked to my car and was about to head off to work, I thought, you know what, let me breathe in this moment for now. So I put my stuff in the car and stepped back outside, and all I could think of was just to sing, to sing to God in the peace of this moment...and there's been this song stuck in my head since this past sunday when I led it and I just feel it reach so deep inside me... it's that song, It Is Well With My Soul, esp. the third verse:

My sin, oh the bliss of that glorious thought
My sin, not in part but the whole
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord O my soul!

And there as I sang softly on the sidewalk...no cars, no one awake, just the dew setting, the birds chirping, the dawn breaking...I was almost in tears. Those profound and sweeping verse...Not just part of my sin, but all of it I bear it no more because it was nailed to the cross...what else, what other thought or outpouring of my heart than to say "Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord O my Soul!"

I was emailing Kat about it just a couple moments ago, and as I reflected on it, even then I was starting to get teary eyed...it's true, sometimes, the songs we sing on sundays resound the loudest during the week ahead of us and today it did...I bear it no more, what a powerful truth! no guilt or shame...Praise the Lord!