Harmony

"Great is Thy faithfulness!" "Great is Thy faithfulness!"
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
"Great is Thy faithfulness, " Lord, unto me!

My musical understanding is pretty marginal, but it has something with individual notes coming together into something far more delightful. And a frequent prayer of mine is “Let my heart become one with yours, Lord.” Which is a first note into this idea of harmony. But as I am reminded by Saint Ignatius, that more than just my heart, I choose to offer to God my memories and my understanding of the path walked thus far. I offer up to Him my narrative, and let Him speak truth and healing and purpose into the past, and great hope for the future.

With each new day, help us, LORD, to make our lives a hymn of constant praise to You.

And once again the gold glints off the snow-tipped Catalinas

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Psalm 23:6

The thing about being a scientist is that you never really prove anything, unlike math, which is full of proofs.  What science does is predicts: If under these circumstances, then this will happen.  Science is all about making careful observations of what we see in the world around us and making predictions called hypotheses.  Really and truly everything is theories, and the laws are regularly blown out of the water, as any physicist will tell you.  

And as I consider the world around me, complete with bullets and earthquakes and flames, goodness and mercy still exist, in spite of all of the odds against their very existence.   Still rising up and declaring truth.  Still reflecting the God outside of the box.  His very nature.   And as I watch the sun come up over the Rincons every morning and set behind the low-laying Tucson ranges, I can say to myself, surely the sun will rise tomorrow. 

Likewise I will declare that His goodness and mercy will not fail, but rather they are new every morning; great is His faithfulness.  

It’s all about seeing.  Much like noticing the unchanging moon; acknowledging what is there.  And being thankful.  Great is Thy faithfulness.