God Bless And Watch Over Wonderful You!

For this is what the high and lofty One says -

he who lives forever, whose name is holy:

"I live in a high and holy place,

but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit,

to revive the spirit of the lowly

and to revive the heart of the contrite."

- Isaiah 57:15

There is a man in our congregation who loves to send e-cards. When I see him in person I can expect that he'll eagerly ask if I took the time to read his cards online and for my review of his work, so I have been careful not to take these thoughtful cards crafted with careful consideration for granted. Today I opened up my e-mail to find two of his e-cards waiting to be opened, one lined up after another in my inbox. The first e-card displayed the message "God bless wonderful you." The second e-card calling to mind, "My God watch over you." 

For a moment I breathed deeply into God's presence and left the other distractingly urgent e-mails into the good hands of God.  I let the message sink in, a message I've grown up with and have gratefully never outgrown: God is good, God is great. God is fully immanent and transcendent, near enough to bless the lowly in spirit and sovereign enough to watch over wonderful you. I thanked God for His immanental transcendence and returned to my work with the revived heart of the humbled.