Let Wonder Wash Over You
Psalms 93:4 – “Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the Lord on high is mighty!”
It is funny how some moments live forever in your bones.
When I was young, Caney Lake felt like home. My grandfather’s porch overlooked it, and we spent slow, golden hours there watching birds soar and listening to old gospel songs crackle through his radio. We did not say much. We did not need to. The water did the talking.
But it wasn’t until years later that I realized how much I’d missed.
It was Independence Day, and we piled onto my great-uncle’s pontoon to watch fireworks from the lake. As the boat drifted into open water, the sky burst into a thousand colors, but my eyes kept drifting to the water below—how far it stretched, how deep it ran. The lake I thought I knew was bigger than I ever imagined.
That night, I understood I had always admired the surface—the sun dancing on the water, the reflections of the trees—but I’d never stopped to consider the depths. Floating above that mystery, I felt breathtakingly small.
Wonder washed over me, and I realized I was looking at something that went far beyond my understanding. It was a glimpse of something holy, a gentle reminder that I was part of a story much bigger than myself.
That feeling never left me. It reminded me that creation itself is a love letter from its Maker. Every leaf, every wave, every sunrise—each one points back to the God who formed it into being. But it’s so easy to just focus on the surface (our schedules, our worries, our comforts) and miss the wonder that’s all around us.
That night taught me creation is more than just a backdrop to our lives. It’s an open invitation to pause, to breathe, and to let wonder stir our hearts to gratitude. I want to be the kind of person who sees the fingerprints of God in the everyday, who lets wonder guide me back to the Creator who holds it all together.
Maybe you need that too. Maybe we all do—to trade the safe shoreline for the deep places where wonder can find us again.
