October 6, 2021

Yesterday a 2 ½ year-old girl told me about going to ride a glassed-in elevator on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall. Her vocal excitement quickly became physical. She just had to jump up and down and up and down to explain how thrilling the elevator was going to be. She was literally overwhelmed by the joy of life.

“Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy before the Lord.” (Psalm 96: 11-13)

I pray that God will make you childlike today, giving you cause to be overwhelmed by His goodness.

“Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you have done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation, for the beauty of this world, for the wonder of life, and for the mystery of love. Amen.” (From A General Thanksgiving – BCP p. 836)