June Newsletter
My God how great thou art
When Malcolm and I planned our trip to New Zealand we knew we would see some truly awesome sights but the actual reality knocked us for six. Throughout our trip we both had the tune and words of ‘How great thou art’ repeating through our brains.
There were too many moments of ‘awesome wonder’ to list here but one particular day stays in my mind.
We were travelling to Milford Sound which has glacier-carved cliffs that soar into the sky and then drop deeply into the watery depths. It was immense and took our breath away. I am not a photographer but just managed to point my phone and press, and to my amazement (and everyone else’s) I took a photo of a plane at the summit of the fiord and a boat at the base – the contrast against the fiord itself was immense. The awe moment.
That evening we travelled across a stretch of water from Te Anau to a
series of limestone caves that are home to thousands of tiny glow-worms. These little creatures use threads, not dissimilar to those spun by spiders but with lights, to attract insects for food. These delightful little chaps are about 2cms long, look like slugs and once they know an insect has been trapped they crawl down the thread and suck the life out of the poor little
insect via its eyes. Gruesome. But a wonder moment.se
Our Lord has created the most amazing universe which takes us from awe to wonder in one day. Be it the ‘forest glades’ or the ‘lofty mountain grandeur’ we are truly blessed and should sing out ‘My Saviour God…how great thou art’.
One doesn’t need to go to NZ to be knocked over by awe and wonder moments - they are here in Hayes, in our streets and in the people we meet. Let’s take a moment to pause and celebrate these moments.
Teresa and Malcolm