Simple Pleasures

Sometimes I am delighted by the simplest things. Earlier this week, I went outside to cut some roses from a huge rosebush in our yard and startled a female cardinal. I walked around the back side of the bush for a closer look and found a nest with three tiny eggs in it! I was excited enough that I called the kids to come and see it. Soon there will be baby birds right under our dining room window. What fun! Last night we were on the road and I was listening to praise songs. At the same moment that my mp3 player began a Chris Tomlin song praising God as our creator I looked up and noticed a huge, perfect, full moon. How cool is that?! Today as we neared our destination in Florida, I decided to see if our favorite Christian radio station from our days living here before was close enough to pick up on the radio. As soon as I had it tuned in we recognized the song that was playing and all 5 of us simultaneously started to sing along. Instant fun! We got the added bonus today of getting to see old friends again after eight months away.

1 O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
above the heavens.
2 From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise [b]
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?
5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings [c]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:
7 all flocks and herds,
and the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth! -- Psalm 8