MINNESOTA WINDMILLS

On Thursday we had the opportunity to get "up close and personal" with one of the hundreds of windmills not being operated in Minnesota. From a distance they don't look that big -- but we were able to stand right beside one. THEY ARE HUGE. I have a picture of my son Zach standing at the base of the windmill and he looks like a little bug next to this enormous structure that has unbelievable power in providing electricity to thousands of people.

As I was standing at the base looking up at the huge propellers, David's words from Psalm 8 came to my mind. I wonder if he penned these words while sitting on a Judean hillside looking into the heavens while tending his sheep at night . . . "O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your
name in all the earth! You have set your glory ABOVE the heavens. From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the some of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the angels and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet . . . O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!"

You were created by the Master Designer -- the One who calls the stars by their names has called you His own. Wow! Thank You, Lord for your love for me!

Good words to ponder on this Saturday, June 18, 2005.