Camp Fulbright begins today. It's a 2-week English immersion camp for Korean students that is being held here at Jungwon as a part of our orientation. Today is day 1, and I'm already overwhelmed. I have sooo much to do, so much to plan, so much to remember. So today's devotion was especially poignant to me. I have taken it directly from "The One Year Daily Grind," by Sarah Arthur.
"It's easy to get so wrapped up in the crazy details of special events, such as vacations or hiking trips or weddings, that we miss God's whispers of grace. Here are some reflections on that theme from a backpacking adventure I mentioned on July 16 (the intern who planned this trip did not plan it very well, and they ended up starting the day with everything going awry; but God ended up leading them to stumble upon a beautiful little island nestled away in a secluded spot, which is where they ended up spending their trip).
Lord God,
It's an undeserved gift to be here on this surprise island
with its bluffs and cliffs,
rocky headlands and
blue emptiness of waves.
Yesterday, while shafts of lights
broke through the evening clouds,
we tumbled in iridescent waves,
thrown like pebbles
into untamed power
of your love for us.
We washed in your cleansing might
like stones worn smooth by grace,
rounded by surf and suffereing,
pummeled to a hily sheen.
Swimming in the temptest,
we were upheld by the safest
power I have ever known,
drawn and pulled into
crashing torrents of beauty,
only to be brought to the shore again whole.
Even now in this hot morning sun,
in this gorgeous glade
with the distant headlands,
beckoning and mysterious
to these gaping travelers,
surrounded by aspens and seagulls,
raspberries and Narnian freshness -
even now the waves roar
with a strength more holy than thought.
and I am in awe
of You. "
"It's easy to get so wrapped up in the crazy details of special events, such as vacations or hiking trips or weddings, that we miss God's whispers of grace. Here are some reflections on that theme from a backpacking adventure I mentioned on July 16 (the intern who planned this trip did not plan it very well, and they ended up starting the day with everything going awry; but God ended up leading them to stumble upon a beautiful little island nestled away in a secluded spot, which is where they ended up spending their trip).
Lord God,
It's an undeserved gift to be here on this surprise island
with its bluffs and cliffs,
rocky headlands and
blue emptiness of waves.
Yesterday, while shafts of lights
broke through the evening clouds,
we tumbled in iridescent waves,
thrown like pebbles
into untamed power
of your love for us.
We washed in your cleansing might
like stones worn smooth by grace,
rounded by surf and suffereing,
pummeled to a hily sheen.
Swimming in the temptest,
we were upheld by the safest
power I have ever known,
drawn and pulled into
crashing torrents of beauty,
only to be brought to the shore again whole.
Even now in this hot morning sun,
in this gorgeous glade
with the distant headlands,
beckoning and mysterious
to these gaping travelers,
surrounded by aspens and seagulls,
raspberries and Narnian freshness -
even now the waves roar
with a strength more holy than thought.
and I am in awe
of You. "
Psalm 33:1-5
1 Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous;
it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2 Praise the LORD with the harp;
make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
3 Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout for joy.
it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2 Praise the LORD with the harp;
make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
3 Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout for joy.
4 For the word of the LORD is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
he is faithful in all he does.
5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
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