I had opportunity to spend four days in the nation's capital this past week.  At one point I was with a small group of young men and ladies and with my daughter Olivia as we explored the Smithsonian Museum of American History.  We were amused to see the original Kermit the Frog and the costume of Cat Woman from the Adam West Batman T.V. series. But there was one room that we were really excited to walk into - the Star Spangled Banner exibit. We walked into a darkened alley of history and pictures and made our way to the back of the room which was almost totally dark. And when we turned the corner...  Just Awesome.

 

There in front of us was not the 6 x 8 Flag we imagined but a flag the size of my house. Tattered and torn from the wore, this very flag inspired the one song that I think I may sing almost as much as I sing "Blessed Be Your Name" - which my children would tell you is a lot. This humungoid sewn piece of history filled me and the others with awe. What a treasure!

 

That room would never again catch me off guard and unaware. I would know what to expect if I were to go back to that museum any other time. Yet, as we have been focusing upon why God is worthy of our awe and worship, I think about the numerous occasions that God time and again has filled me with that breath-taking bewilderment. A remarkable number of traits and names and actions that I read about in His Word, in the testimonies of others or that I see first hand seem to be new and more wonderous each peek I take and each revelation that is bestowed upon me.

 

We live in an awesome country with beauty and history like no place on earth. But we serve a God that is far superior to anything this earth can conjure up, sew, set to lyrics or display.  Our God is an AWESOME GOD!

 

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