OUR DAILY BREAD : BREATHLESS

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February 8
Sunday


BREATHLESS

READ:
Psalm 8
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Be exalted, O God,
above the heavens;
let your glory be
above all the earth.
__Psalm 57:5
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When was the last time something took your breath away because if its majesty?

I'm not talking about an electronic gadget or some special effects in a movie. I'm talking about a nighttime sky show such as an eclipse of the moon. Or walking outside on a starry night to see Orion or Plaeiades--constellations mentioned thousands of years ago in Scripture (Amos 5:8) that are still glowing today for our enjoyment. I'm speaking of a bursting dawn that radiates with glorious colors to signal another sunrise. Or the sound and light show that accompanies God's way of watering the earth with food-producing rain (Job 36:27-33).

Have you stood by a fence and marveled at the power of a horse as it gallops gallantly through the field, mane flowing and hoofs pounding? (39:19-25). Or watched a soaring, swooping eagle drop from the sky because his God-designed vision has sighted supper from his mountain-peak nest? (39:27-30).

At creation, God gave man breath. Then he took man's breath away with the beauty, grandeur, and eloquence of a universe of marvels created by His own hand. Look around. Examine what God has done. Then, breathless, proclaim His majesty. __Dave Branon
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``````````````````The wonder of creation speaks`````````````````
``````````````````To everyone in different ways;`````````````````
```````````````But those who know and love the Lord``````````````
`````````````Can for His Handiwork give praise. __sper````````````
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All creation is an outstretched finger
pointing toward God.

****************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 8****************

1 O LORD, our Lord, how
excellent is Your name in
all the earth, who have set
Your glory above the
heavens!

2 Out of the mouth of
babes and nursing infants
You have ordained strength,
because of Your enemies,
that You may silence the
enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider Your
heavens, the work of Your
fingers, the moon and the
stars, which You have
ordained, 4 what is man that
You are mindful of him,
and the son of man that You
visit him? 5 For You have
made him a little lower than
the angels, and You have
crowned him with glory and
honor.

6 You have made him to
have dominion over the
works of Your hands; You
have put all things under his
feet, 7 all sheep and oxen__
even the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the air, and
the fish of the sea that pass
through the paths of the
seas.

9 O LORD, our Lord, how
excellent is Your name in
all the earth!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Charles Haddon spurgeon wrote of Psalm 8, "We may [title] this
Psalm, 'the Song of the Astronomer': let us go abroad and sing it
beneath the starry heavens at eventide, for it is very probable that in
such a position, it first occurred to the poet's mind." This is a song
that honors the creative power of the mighty God--yet it reminds us
that above all else is the excellence of His name (vv.1,9).
__Bill Crowder