Seeing the Face of Christ in Ourselves--Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Psalm 8

O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
²Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes,
to silence the enemy and the avenger.
³When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars that you have established;
⁴what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?
⁵Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor.
⁶You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet, ⁷all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
⁸the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
⁹O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

We look at the 8^th Psalm and reflect on all that God has created and placed at the feet of Mankind.  Out of all of Gods’ creation, we alone can begin to even discern the presence of God and to appreciate all that has been provided for us.  To a lesser extent, we have been endowed with the ability to create by freely passing accumulated knowledge from generation to generation.  The more that we know, the more we understand the gift we have been given.  With the help of God, we created two children who have grown into the men we prayed they would become.

Petra and Gary Rodzewicz

For reflection:

In what ways are you a “co-creator” with God?

What are the particular places and spaces that God has called you “to have dominion over,” and what do you think that means?

Take time this week to open yourself to the wonder of Creation.  Take a walk, or take a bike ride…and deliberately, consciously, take note of the miracle of existence, from the mightiest royal palm, to the tiniest budding wildflower.  Be awed by the majesty, of all that God is, and God does.