When It's Good
Awe at Creation
For when you feel: sunset, mountains, ocean, stars, nature is incredible
The heavens shew forth the glory of God, and the firmament declareth the work of his hands.
The MinuteHomily
You stopped walking, or pulled the car over, because the sky was doing something you couldn't ignore, and something in you rose up needing to thank someone. That instinct is telling the truth. "The heavens declare the glory of God," the psalm says. Declare, present tense, a sermon still in progress, preached every evening in a language any soul can hear. What you're feeling has a name, awe, and it has an address. So finish what the wonder started. Let the beauty run all the way up to its Source, because the sunset isn't the destination; it's the signature in the corner of the canvas. Read the name written there, and praise the Artist while the paint is still wet.
By the MinuteHomily editors
A prayer for this moment
Creator God, I heard the heavens preaching today. Thank You for beauty that refuses to be accidental. Glory to the Artist behind it all. Amen.
“Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars.”
St. Francis of Assisi
Hymns for this moment
“Canticle of the Sun” · Marty Haugen, after St. Francis
“Holy God, We Praise Thy Name” · trad.
One small step
Take the photo. Then put the phone down and give the Artist thirty unhurried seconds.
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