Grateful praise

Ruth Simons writes today at A Holy Experience,

When our summertime looks less like colorful beach blankets and snow cones, and most often like readjusting expectations, peacemaking between children, and learning to love what must be done – God faithfully shows us that He equips and sanctifies in quiet and secret places.
We learn to see the everyday as He sees them: Holy.

When you look up and take heart… the same majestic forest sky from which a million bright stars bid us to rejoice and forget our worries by campfire, calls us to finish the last of tonight’s dinner’s dishes —

and quiet this ordinary house on a simple summer’s night with grateful praise.