You are so wonderful in how You ordain to come to us, in clouds, fire, a staff, golden boxes, and now a donkey. It seems You have such a joy of being, an exuberance that bursts forth in power, glory, and sometimes, silliness. This story reminds me of the coin in the fish’s mouth You had Peter catch to pay the temple tax (Matthew 17:24-27), or the mud You spread on the blind man's eyes to make him see (John 9:1-12) or the heads on fire of Pentecost. Like Father, like Son! There is a little bit of the theatrical in You Three, a touch of the comedian. This adds to Your Glory and my admiration and enjoyment of our relationship. There is nothing You can’t do. I should remember this. Your Word reminds me of it. You control the wind, water, rocks, the future, sky, fire, fish, and donkeys. And You ask me to believe in You, and You will be this in my life. This is all part of the deal of being Your child, I get to be a part of Your story, its holiness and glory, and its fun and silliness. Exuberance is one of Your greatest characteristics, and because of this, it becomes a part of my praise and worship. When I have a ringside seat to the greatest show on earth put on by the Three Greatest Gods on Earth, I should act, live, and have happy, joyful, joyous, delighted, gleeful, excited, exhilarated, animated, jubilant, exultant, ecstatic, blissful, enraptured, rapturous, rhapsodic, in rhapsodies, intoxicated, transported, on cloud nine, in heaven, in paradise, in seventh heaven; informal on top of the world, over the moon, on a high, buoyancy, cheerfulness, sunniness, breeziness, jauntiness, light-heartedness, high spirits, exhilaration, excitement, elation, exultation, euphoria, joy, joyfulness, cheeriness, gaiety, jubilation, sparkle, effervescence, vivacity, enthusiasm, irrepressibility, energy, animation, life, liveliness, vigor, zest, bubble, bounce, pep, zing, chirpiness, peartness, gladsomeness, blitheness, blithesomeness, good cheer**; responses toward You for allowing me to see them.
* On reading Balaam's donkey story in Numbers **All the substitute words for exuberance in the Thesaurus.
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Sissy's dog Odie at our home. Oh if dogs could talk. Well, they can if Someone wants them to. |