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May 8
Wednesday


GOLDEN EAGLE

READ:'Psalm 145:1-7
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I will meditate...on
Your wondrous works.
__Psalm 145:5
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My son Mark and I were leaving the Clyde Peterson Ranch in Wyoming to head back to Michigan. In the distance we spotted a huge bird sitting in a solitary tree overlooking a steep canyon. As we approached, the golden eagle leaped from the tree and soared out over the canyon, the golden streaks in its feathers shimmering in the morning sun. Its immense size and beauty filled us with wonder. We felt privileged to witness this magnificent demonstration of God's awesome creativity.

Creation displays God's "wondrous works" (Ps. 145:5). And when we stop to meditate on those works, we can't help but be awed as our minds and spirits are moved to reflect on the character of the God who created them.

That golden eagle told my son and me a story of the creative genius of our mighty God. So does the flitting songbird, the doe with her playful fawn, the pounding surf, and delicate little flowers such as bachelor's-button and spring beauty. In the most unexpected moments and out-of-the-way places the Lord shines His glory in this world in order to reveal Himself to us. Those serendipitous moments are opportunities to "meditate...on [His] wondrous works" (v.5). __DAve Egner

`````````````````````````This is my Father's world,````````````````````
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``````````````````Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas__```````````````
````````````````His hand the wonders wrought. __Babcock``````````````
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Always be on the lookout for wonder. __E. B. White

************************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 145:1-7************************

1 I will extol You, my God,
O King; and I will bless
Your name forever and ever.

2 every day I will bless
You, and I will praise Your
name forever and ever.

3 Great is the LORD, and
greatly to be praised; and
His greatness is
unsearchable.

4 One generation shall
praise Your works to
another, and shall declare
Your mighty acts. 5 I will
meditate on the glorious
splendor of Your majesty,
and Your wondrous
works. 6 Men shall speak of
the might of You awesome
acts, and I will delcare Your
greatness. 7 They shall utter
the memory of Your great
goodness, and shall sing of
Your righteousness.

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Charles Haddon Spurgeon wrote of Psalm 145, "It is altogether
praise, and praise pitched in a high key. David had blessed God
many a time in other psalms, but this he regarded as his peculiar,
his crown jewel of praise. Certainly David's praise is the best of
praise, for it is that of a man of experience, of sincerity, of calm
deliberation, and of intense warmth of the heart. It is not for any
one of us to render David's praise....but we may take David's
psalm as a model, and aim at making our own personal adoration as
much like it as possible."