Last Sunday I was WOWED by God at the 9.45 service. The days leading up I had been reading, praying and preparing for the fall season. I had come across a poem that I thought would be important for us to hear and then I found a choir singing these very lyrics. Thinking this would be inspirational and encouraging for us in the upcoming weeks, I sent it to Chris, our worship director, for his consideration. You can imagine my surprise a few days later, on Sunday, when a member of the choir stood up and read the very poem, and the choir sang the very song, that I had thought, 'would be good for us.' In speaking later with Forest, our choir director, he smiled and said, "we had been planning and preparing this for a few weeks. I was WOWED by God.
The poem reminds us that no matter what our circumstances or situation, we can have hope in God. The poem had once been found scrawled on a cellar wall where Jews had hidden during World War II in Cologne Ge rmany.
I believe in the sun even
when it isn't shining.
I believe in love even when
I do not feel it.
I believe in God even when
he is silent.
God knows and sees everything. The Psalmist writes,
"O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways." Psalm 139:1-3
God is good and faithful. May we be WOWED by God!
Join us this Sunday as we welcome Dr. Peter Lim (Headington Chair of Global Leadership Development) of Fuller Theological Seminary. Dr. Lim will speak at all services.
Peace and blessings,
Pastor Michele