I lift up my eyes to the hills; from where does my help come?
Psalm 121:1
Today I literally made space. I helped to clean out a huge closet that was stuffed floor-to-ceiling with moving boxes. We unpacked the boxes, figured out where each thing should go in our still new-to-us home, and determined what stuff to get rid of. When it was all done, the feeling of accomplishment was great. But when I sat down to choose a photo for this reflection, I was most inspired from a recent vacation picture. It was a short trip – just a few days away in New Hampshire – but it took a surprising amount of effort to make space in our lives for the time needed to make the quick trip. It was delightful, and it was worth the extra work we had to do before and after the little getaway. So I’ll spare you a photo of my neatly organized basement closet (though it’s pretty darned awesome) and show you God’s majesty in nature, which can be easy to forget about when we’re so busy with work and home organization projects and school and everything else.
Remind us, O God, to pause, to look up, to marvel at the wonder of your creation. Amen.