Many authors challenge me to think deeply about important issues, but few authors plunge me into the depths of theological reflection like John Piper does. I must share a paragraph from his introduction to Providence that has been on my mind for the last week:
"...I used to look at sunrises when I was jogging and think that God has created a beautiful world. Then it became less general and more specific, more personal. I said, 'Every morning God paints a different sunrise.' He never gets tired of doing it again and again. But then it struck me. No, he doesn't do it again and again. He never stops doing it. The sun is always rising somewhere in the world. God guides the sun twenty-four hours every day and paints sunrises at every moment, century after century without one second of respite, and never grows weary or less thrilled with the work of his hands. Even when cloud cover keeps man from seeing it, God is painting spectacular sunrises above the clouds."
I will never comprehend this side of heaven how big and glorious God is, but I can look at my small portion of the endless sunrise and know that he is worthy of my praise.
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