Rightly

"Being way up high, God pays attention to the lowly," Psalm 138:6.

That's the thing about God. The amazing thing. I mean, the utterly astounding thing. God, who exalts his name above everything, who elevates his word over anything else, who demands that we praise him over any other god, who lives in blinding light, who calls every knee to bow before him and him alone ... God, before whom monstrous creatures shout Holy Holy Holy day in and day out, before whom every person ever to have lived (true believer, poser believer, non believer) will bow prostrate with whole hearts, before whom every ruler of earth will give thanks ... this God gently places persons of no account into the palm of his hand. Mercy.

When we visit with each other today, brother or sister, we rightly bow in astonished wonder to this God who loves so. And, together, we thank him from the bottom of our hearts also because we want to.