Sunrise Sunset

At the moment, it is Sunday.  I have the privilege of meeting with four men on each Sunday at seven AM at the church.  When I started attending the group, it was a “prayer” group.  We listed prayer concerns, mostly for the church that day, then went around the circle, each praying out loud.  Over the years, it has evolved into its current free-flowing structure.  Some may not call it a prayer group because we do not always do the “pray around the circle” thing. 

This morning was a fairly typical gathering.  We talk about life.  The conversation begins with our lives and concerns we have.  It has never failed that those discussions lead to identifying Kingdom principles and the challenges which they present.  There is a frustration in the group with accepting “churchie” cliché wisdom.  We want Truth, fresh solid, Kingdom of God advancing Truth. There is a hunger to know, live, and experience a continuously growing walk with God.  It is still a “prayer” group because they are ever pursuing constant communication with Christ.

But that is not what I was thinking about today.  This morning BJ was telling us about his recent trip to Japan.  He told of watching the sunrise while face timing with his wife back in Tennessee.  He commented to her how beautiful the sunrise was and showed it to her.  She, in turn, showed him how beautiful the sunset was back in Tennessee and showed him.

I know it’s a reality of the earth’s rotation and journey around our sun.  But somehow he was struck with the awesomeness of seeing both the sunrise and sunset at the same time while communicating with his wife.  Now several months later I am still processing the wonder of a technology that allows humans to see and experience two moments of wonder at the same time.  Here is the serendipitous connection of the Creator’s creative zenith, humans, and the continuous working of the Creator Himself, nature.  The feeling is a whole lot like looking at a NASA picture of the earth from our moon.  I still say to myself, “I’m down there on that blue ball.  That’s a picture of me taken from the moon.”

It is kind of mind-warping for me.  I like it!  For me, such moments of wonder are encounters with our Creator.  I feel small, yet significant. This just may be worship!  What do you think?

Photo – Sunset near Ellensburg, Washington looking northwest. Apple county.