Bishop Rob Wright of the Diocese of Atlanta posts a weekly devotional titled For Faith. In this reflection he considers how the expression Wow is an appropriate response to the works of God's majesty.
People say "wow" a lot in conversations today. Have you noticed that? Mostly it's an expression of polite interest. But wow is a spiritual state. Wow is the grandchild of awe and majesty. Wow is how we respond to beauty, immensity and complexity. Wow is a fast car to God. Wow is stars on a black night, lightning at sea, a hovering full moon. It's a tall pine tree waving, a sleeping child, a Maya Angelou sentence.
Wow offers us a chance at real humility. Wow is to stand before something superior in genius and feel an elegance we did not create, could not create. Wow orders the chin upward in praise. Or, downward in solidarity with the lowly. Wow softens the heart. Wow is considering the works of God's fingers, galaxies, quasars and quarks and knowing "the Lord is mindful of us and cares for us." Wow!
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