Many of you know that David Powlison, our friend and executive director, died last year. Since then, we have often been blessed to have his wife Nan join us during our Tuesday prayer meeting at CCEF. Among the ways she blesses me is the depth with which she sees and hears. She sees that “the heavens declare the glory of God” (Ps 19:1), as does a tree, a flower, a bird, and all kinds of people. She hears the words of Jesus in creation and in Scripture. I will make a crude attempt to follow her example.
We cannot see God fully yet (1 Cor 13:12), but for those with eyes to see and ears to hear, God, in a sense, “passes by” us as he did with Moses on the mountain (Ex 33:22). And as he did with the disciples as they saw him walking on water when “he meant to pass by them” (Mark 6:48). Here are a few ways he passes by that even I notice.
Stars took on a different meaning after the Lord took Abraham outside and told him, “‘Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.’ Then he
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