Recently I took Colton up to the high school to register for next year. It is hard to believe that my baby will be in high school next year. At the beginning of the evening, he seemed a little apprehensive about entering high school. Because his brother, Garrett, is a senior, he know many of the students and teachers, but changing schools is always traumatic for Colton. At the end of the meeting, he saw that the new indoor athletic complex was open. He went to check out the facility while I pulled the car around to that building. When he came out about 20 minutes later, he was wide eyed and bubbly. He said, “That was amazingly awesomeness!!!! You should see all the workout equipment and practice fields. I even talked to one of the coaches and he remembered me from football camp.” He gushed on for several minutes about what he had glimpsed and how much he looked forward to being able to use those facilities, all the equipment, and is eager to be part of the high school football team. Just a glimpse into the future changed his whole attitude about registering for high school.
It made me think about the glimpses that God’s word provides to us. I get a glimpse of God’s patience as I read about the Israelite wandering in the dessert. I glimpse God’s justice as I study the prophets and see the judgments against Israel’s enemies. I glimpse God’s glory through the praise of the psalms. I glimpse God’s creativeness as I see him use ordinary people to become wonderful apostles who proclaim truth. I glimpse God’s love as I read the story of our precious savior, his son. I pray that as God guides me to see new things, that I respond enthusiastically with “You are just amazing and awesome!”
