How Great Is Our God!

I got up this morning and went out to do chores like I do every morning.  It might seem stupid to some, but those few minutes it takes to do my morning chores are one of my favorite parts of the day.  It gives me a minute to wake up and to think about the day ahead of me.  I talk with God a little and thank Him for the blessings that He has provided for me.  It often hits me the hardest at that time how God's awesome power is revealed to us in His creation.  I look around and see how awesome nature is and how intricate and detailed it is and wonder how we don't just fall down and worship the Creator of it all.  A video I once saw at a men's retreat by a pastor named Louie Giglio was so awe inspiring that I came home telling everyone I knew that they had to see it.  The video was about God the Creator and His sheer magnitude.  It was crazy.  You can google it and find the video online to watch.  Type in "Louie Giglio" and "How Great is Our God" and you should get some links to it.  When I got home from the retreat and the images and facts of that video faded I quickly started forgetting how I felt toward the Lord.  Isn't that just like us?  Haven't people been doing that forever? Yes.  Over and over again in Genesis and Exodus, God saves His people from trouble and they bow down and worship Him and then a few pages later they are right back to their old ways.  Sound familiar? It sure does to me.  That's one reason I like blogging on here.  It keeps a record of what's going on around here.  I can look back and see what we've come through, how God has blessed us, and remember how we felt as we were going through that time in our lives.  I try to keep a journal too, a place where I write down more personal thoughts and prayers.  Unfortunately, I have not been great at being faithful in writing in that journal.  Hopefully I will be able to get into a better rhythm once I'm working from home.  I think that is one way that we grow in our faith, by keeping a record of  thoughts, fears, struggles and blessings and then looking back on it to see how God was with us through it all.