Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Wonder…a sense of wonder. Isn’t that where we all end up when we consider our God, His creation, the works of His mighty hand?
I once had an office mate at work with whom I did this wondering out loud. One day I was talking about one thing in particular that I wondered about when she suddenly burst out with, “Bill, you just wonder TOO MUCH!”
Too much? Such a thought had never crossed my mind before! Am I not supposed to wonder, or had I crossed some maximum threshold and boldly gone where no man had gone before?
I console myself with a line I once read or heard which, unfortunately, I can’t attribute to any learned source– either secular or Biblical. It goes something like, “The highest state to which man can ascend is a state of wonder.” Sounds good to me, and certainly gives credence to my natural tendency to speculate.
Of course, I’ve used the word wonder in two ways here: to express curiosity, which is where I start, and to be marveled and astonished, which is where I end up each time. But thinking about our God and His creation; how He works...