Let all that I am praise the Lord. O Lord my God, how great you are! You are robed with honour and majesty. You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens; you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds. You make the clouds your chariot; you ride upon the wings of the wind. The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants. You placed the world on its foundation so it would never be moved.
Let all that I am praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Psalm 104:1-5,35b
On the days I work in the office in Nottingham, I drive as far as Clifton South Park and Ride and then travel the rest of the way into the city on the tram.
It's a fascinating journey as I watch the people join and leave the tram along the way. Those who are having conversations with those they are travelling with, those who bury their faces or plug their ears into their phones and those who stand, or sit, and watch the world go by.
It's interesting to imagine their stories and where they might be going; the school children and students on their way to or from their studies, the mums with pushchairs or runaway toddlers, those, like me, who are on their way to work, and those who are off to enjoy a day out and all that Nottingham has to offer! You certainly see many different people during those 20 minutes or so.
But look more deeply and there is so much more to see than just the people. As we travel along I can see the gardens of the houses, the evidence of wildlife, the birds in the air, the grass and trees and flowers, the river, the buildings, statutes and architecture and so much more through the windows as we go along.
We know that God created the wonderful world in which we live and the wide variety of people that we see every day, whether we are travelling by tram or not!
It so reminds me of Psalm 104 where God's wonderful creation of all that was, is and will be is celebrated. This Psalm creates a marvellous picture of the world around us and allows us to praise for all that we are so greatly blessed with. It reminds us of the importance of praising the Lord for all that he has created and all that we experience on a day to day basis. Surely the first (and last) verse of the Psalm sums up how we should respond to all that the Lord has given us - "Let all that I am praise the Lord" (v1 and 35)
Wherever we go today, may we praise the Lord for the wonder of creation all around us.
PRAISE THE LORD!! Amen
Catherine Booton
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