Day # 24,637

 I arose and wiped the sleep from my eyes, stumbled from my bed and stepped out into the warm early morning air.  The sky was clear…illuminated by a full moon and a twinkling Jupiter and Venus rising in the east…as I made my way through the empty streets to church for my Friday morning appointment. I did not have anything particular on my mind, no special requests and no complaints…I‘ve just gotten into the habit of visiting with God every Friday at 4:30 am.  I try to listen…thinking God will have something important to tell me but I usually end up doing all the talking or just daydreaming. 

 The tall glass window panels in the circular chapel make perfect mirrors when it’s dark outside.  Each glass panel forms a different segment in the circle and each reflects a different image…no matter where I stand…except when I am exactly in the center of the circle.  When standing in the center all of the angles of incidence and angles of reflection are the same…all are zero degrees.  In that position I can see myself in every panel.  I think that is fascinating…fascinating because I understand the simple geometry that makes it work.

 But what’s even more fascinating is the God that is on the altar in the gold monstrance.  I totally don’t understand the God that is there…the God that is everywhere…the God that apparently loves me.  That God is my God, that is the God that does the most unbelievable things…things I do not understand. 

 I have to remember that my understanding is limited to a few simple lines drawn on a piece of paper…simple geometry.  What I do understand is that I believe in the unbelievable.

       How great are your works, LORD!

How profound your designs!

A senseless person cannot know this,

A fool cannot comprehend.

Psalm 92:6-7

 Dear Lord,

In a million years I will not figure it out.

Not with pencil nor paper…no doubt

No matter how the pie is sliced

I’m OK being a fool for Christ.

 Amen.