It was a beautiful morning. Most people were still asleep. I was sitting outside, looking at the blue sky, the green trees and birds dancing around. In the quietness of the surroundings, I closed my eyes hearing the birds sing, quiet my heart and praised God for His great and wonderful works.
I remembered in high school once, our small group went to the University nearby. It was a beautiful and calm day. The grass was so thick and green and hardly anyone around. I don't remember who suggested this, but we were all lying on the soft grass, looking up to the blue sky and started singing 'How Great Thou Art'. As we were singing and focusing on Him, the sky seems like a big screen moving before me. Its vastness and God's majesty overtook me. It truly makes me appreciate the greatness and power of God.
How often in our busy life today do we get a chance to quiet down and appreciate the God that we love? A message that I heard 3 months ago still stick in my mind. The Pastor was speaking on Sabbath, the importance and reasons for it. We all know that God rested from his work and we were asked to do the same. But more than that, the Pastor explained, it is so that we can get connected back to God.
Lets face it, who wouldn't agree that we are surrounded by the world's ideas and views during most of our week? They are like loudspeakers at shops or advertising plastering everywhere, all competing for the attention to convince you. After some battling with the world, it really is a good idea to rest, reflect and prepare for the next round. If we can't get back to the base, where do we get the ammunition or instructions to deal with more?
The Pastor puts it well, people are bored, looking for things that are different and extraordinary because they lost touch with God and can only see the things around them. But when we are connected with God, the source of our being, we see, hear, think, speak and act with a purpose. We can find the extraordinary out of the ordinary.
