Thought #27

Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

let us kneel before the Lord, our

Maker!

- Psalm 95: 6

It's not time for church; it's not Sunday.  Routine is so bland.  Don't think of Sunday as being the only day you're allowed to meet with God.  You know those 10 o'clock services where if you don't get your Dunkin' Donuts 32 oz iced vanilla Dunkachino-type-drink with heart spiking amounts of caffeine, you will not stay awake.  Not to mention, those comfortable chairs in the sanctuary don't help your cause.

Isn't it the sanctuary we're really talking about?  A place to come before God? to worship? and bow down?  You know, that tangible architectural structure?

So look around you.  Be woken by the song birds singing in the morning.  Let the dawn infiltrate your bedroom.  Go on with your day.  Look at the rays of light breaking the mountains of clouds.  Of all the same.  Of similar colors.  White.  Trace the paths of the breeze as it caresses you.  Catch the light, glowing soft amber hues, as you look at your beloved out of the corner of your eye.  Summer sweetness.  Perfect bliss.

This is a natural sanctuary you experience every day.  Every single day you are consumed, captured, locked by simply breathing air into your lungs; you are caught in God's sanctuary without realization of where each step takes you - closer to your Maker.  It's not like you're walking closer to the grave, but you are finding life among the true sanctuary of Creation.  You are in church.

See, it's not a matter of going to church because church is all around you.  It's the action you take that makes church.  It's your decision to worship.  Your decision to bow down.  And your decision to kneel before the Lord (with others).

So whatever you decide today, know there are no boundaries with God.  He is met anywhere and everywhere.

Today is a sanctuary.