This, too, is worship

At first when I woke up this morning, I thought it was Monday and time to get ready for an unknown chemo. Then my brain cleared and I remembered it's Sunday. Joy! I'm feeling well enough to look forward to seeing dear friends and to worshiping with them.

I read an article by Agnieszka Tennant in which she calls attention to the myriad experiences of worship throughout our "ordinary" days. "On those unguarded occasions when I can taste, see, feel, smell, and know that in Gerard Manley Hopkins' words, 'the world is charged with the grandeur of God,' I revel a little, I notice. Something must have propelled the sun from behind the clouds. Some power must have suspended it in just the right spot. Suddenly, without putting much thought into it, I find myself saying thank you. A lungful of marvel becomes a prayer of gratitude. Supposedly ordinary acts turn sacramental, with no effort on my part. This, too, is worship: to receive all good things and to bow our heads in the knowledge that they come from God. To take whatever is lovely, splendid, pure, noble, and true--and to follow where it leads. To taste and see that the Lord is good."

Today will be full of opportunities to worship--all day, not only the hour of the church service.

I hope your day is great.

Carol