Butter Pecan Cake is Good, God is Awesome

How often have I found myself saying that something is awesome, only to then move my thoughts almost instantly to something else? How often have I been watching football and seen an incredibly skilled athlete make and incredibly skilled catch and exclaimed about its awesomeness, only to be captivated by something else a few plays later?

Someone once said that if everything is awesome, then nothing is awesome. And so I sit in a Panera, contemplating how my awesome God has brought me to this point. How wonderfully awesome is it that I decided to apply for Youth Hostel Ministries almost two years ago, only to meet my soon to be bride? How awesome is it that God never allowed pieces to fall into place for that same woman and myself to go to Hong Kong, only to show us another opportunity that could be knocking at the door very soon? How awesome is it that this same God acquainted me with a man named Aaron, who served as an interim pastor at a small church in Pennsylvania; a small church that I applied to work at, and am now making final preparations to go and interview at tomorrow? And how awesome is it to have a God that will sustain and maintain me no matter what the outcome of this weekend is?

I want an awesome God. I want to enjoy other things, and appreciate the wonderful football plays and the delicious butter pecan cake with cream cheese frosting, and the grandeur of a great rock concert, but I do not want those things to be the things I yearn for. I want to be amazed by the Amazing. I want to be captivated by the great Captor of my heart. I want to be in awe of the Awesome.

May you remember what the LORD has done for you, and may you be in awe of what he does in you and through you today, tomorrow, and forever.