Did you rise the sun for me?

Sometimes it seems like I miss so many of God's "fingerprints" because I'm so caught up in doing my own thing. As much as I try to focus on God and His work around me, sometimes I feel like I am oblivious. *sigh* I've said before that it's not that God only speaks when I'm sleeping, but that maybe that's one of the rare times that I'm quiet enough to listen.

At church we've been going through the 1o Commandments. This week was remembering the Sabaath. Janell rightly pointed out that often we don't associate this command with "The Commandments". I guess I subconciously wrongly assume that it's simply not as "important" as the others. I don't know. But whatever the case, God told us to take time out of each week.

I've been thinking...and I think that maybe that time is to get a little perspective. Now, if you've been reading this blog for very long, you know that perspective is something huge God's been teaching me about. But it's true. If we never take a break from the little tasks (as in little proportionately to the overall picture), we tend to forget that there IS a bigger purpose.

It seems that when I do take some time, even if it's only like 20 min to watch the sun rise or set or just sit amongst the work of His hands and focus on it being just that, I can't help but remember that I am just a dot in His plan. That the majority of the things that I am stressing about are pointless in the eternal perspective.

Unfortunately, life has been so busy lately that I fear I fail to recognize His fingerprints. I love this song because it reminds me that the Creator's mark is on everything around me. Creation reveals His wonder. I'm including the lyrics because I think it really explains what I'm trying to say...only better.


Did you rise the sun for me?
Or paint a million stars that I might know your majesty?
Is your voice upon the wind?
Is everything I know marked with my makers fingerprints?

Breathe on me
Let me see
Your face
Ever I will seek you
Cause all you are
Is all I want
Always

Draw me close
In your arms
Oh GOD
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you

Can I feel you in the rain?

Abandon all I am to have you capture me again

Let the earth resound with praise
Can you hear as all creation lives to glorify one name?
JESUS

Breathe on me
Let me see
Your face
Ever I will seek you
Cause all you are
Is all I want
Always

Draw me close
In your arms
Oh GOD
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you
Oh GOD
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you

All I wanna do
Is just be with you
I love you LORD
I love you LORD

"Always" by Hillsongs

Selah,
Nanette