Day of Praise

We, 07/31/13 "Day of Praise"

Daniel 2:47 - The king answered and said to Daniel, "Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery."

So I'm sleeping. Saturday morning. Early morning. I mean it's barely light outside. Barely. If at all.

And I hear this rip-roarin' "khhhhhuuuu!" I mean it sounds like some scary noise out of an episode of "Lost", which was a tv show from a few years ago that's now on dvds that I'd never even heard of until "Lost" was given to my daughter for her July 18th birthday.

I think I'm dreaming.

I go back to sleep.

"Khhhhhuuuu!"

There it was again. Wow! I sure did get back to sleep and into my dream in a flash.

"Khhhhhuuuu!"

Okay, now this is getting on my nerves. So I get up and look out the window toward my next door neighbor from whom this noise is definitely coming. But there's no power blower, no pressure washer, no nothin'.

So I go back to bed.

"Khhhhhuuuu!"

Crazy! Now the Lost Monster is behind my house. I hear it clear as a, well, clear as a monster that I can hear but I can't see. Nowhere. Absolutely nowhere. It's a mystery.

"Khhhhhuuuu!"

Ok, now it's on the other side of my house. So I go look out that window, which is my bathroom window. And, no kiddin', as I look out the window, I just about fall backward into the toilet. Mystery revealed.

There's a hot air balloon hovering, barely moving, right over my driveway, right outside my window.

And some of you are goin', "Silly, Man! I knew what it was when you first gave us the 'Khhhhhuuuu' sound clue! That's no mystery!"

Hey, Gang! Ya know what? There are all sorts of things in our lives that we don't understand. Confusing situations. Mysterious noises. Stuff ya know is goin' on, but ya can't even see it, let alone put your finger on it. Things that drive ya nuts! "Khhhhhuuuu!"

But God knows.

To the Lord it's not a mystery; it's another opportunity for us to, yeah, check it out to be sure, but all the while to say, "God knows, and in that I have peace."

"Khhhhhuuuu!"

"The king answered and said to Daniel, 'Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.'" - Daniel 2:47

Praise God!

(For an archive of "Day of Praise", please visit my daughter Calley's website at  http://dayofpraisepc.blogspot.com/?m=1)

Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson