Friday night, I went out to Esparto for a birthday party for one of the students in Remix. It's about a 30-minute drive through some really scenic farmland, and it's really bomb when you roll the windows down and turn the heater up on your feet. On the drive back, I looked over my shoulder and saw flashes of light on the horizon.
The weather in northern California has been very abnormal lately - it poured rain for two days, it snowed in the Sierras, thunderstorms, and even even some small tornadoes. So I pulled over and got out of my car, and stared at the horizon. Overhead, there wasn't a cloud in the sky, and Esparto is a small town so the light pollution is almost non-existent. But on the horizon, there was a band of clouds that was practically on fire with electricity. There was no sound, just flashes of bright light on a cloudless, starry night. I could've stood there forever.
I felt privelidged to see what I saw, like GOD was right beside me, marveling in his creation along with me. Snow-capped mountains, pristine forests, endless oceans, sprawling deserts - they remind me that GOD really is indescribable, because none of the things on this earth, no matter how dazzlingly beautiful, can fully convey to me how glorious the GOD of wonders really is. I can only imagine when that day comes, but until then, thunderstorms that stop me in my tracks will remind me of the splendor of our King.
From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea
Creation's revealing Your majesty
From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring
Every creature unique in the song that it sings (All exclaiming)
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go
Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow
Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night (None can fathom)
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God You are amazing God
Incomparable, unchangeable
You see the depths of my heart and You love me the same
You are amazing God
You are amazing God
(Chris Tomlin, Indescribable)
1 comment:
Dude I was riding home on my bike that night and was stopped by the lightning too. At first, I thought it was someone lighting fireworks. Then my housemate pointed out that it was lightning. I rode further down Valdora toward Cowell to get a better look--I must have stood there in awe for twenty-something minutes with all the same thoughts and feelings as you described. I've never seen anything like it. Beautiful.
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