Full praise

Friday in the Second Week of Lent

Let the heavens and the earth praise God,

the seas and all that moves in them.

Psalm 69:36

The brightness and the fullness of the moon is astonishing. I know this is reflected light, yet such luminosity seems like it must radiate from that orb itself. What is unseen, the pull of the moon drawing entire oceans toward itself, feels even more miraculous.

God’s creation dances in intricate patterns, impossible to be seen or grasped completely. Our view, our perspective, is simply too small. We are a part only. And creation does not depend upon us. It is exactly the other way around.

The heavens and the earth, the seas and all that moves in them, the moon, the dawn, the spring robin--all praise God. We would be foolish and remiss if we did not lift our voices as well.

Image by Mateusz Wyszyński from Pixabay