Reflections 3/11/2020: I love it when I wake up with worship on my lips! Not a conscious choice, but a spontaneous burst of thankfulness that erupts outside of my intentions! All the troubles of the world are pushed aside and it is just me and You God! The details of life will settle in soon enough, but for that moment I am a captive of AWE! Not the overused “awesome” that gets thrown around flippantly. But a knocked-to-my-knees, burning bush encounter with the Holy One! Who is also my loving Father! Go figure! The cancer diagnosis, the itch, the bald head, the tummy turmoil, and the limitations of my chemo-impacted day creep into this Holy Place, but I got a glimpse of You in All Your glory. And it is enough! Strength for today. Satan HATES those moments because they undercut his ability to torture me with doubts and deception. “Sorry sucker, I know the Real Deal, so take your taunting lies elsewhere!” I think those moments in Your Presence, Lord, are a fore-taste of Heaven. Makes me Homesick… BUT I am hoping that my eventual Home-going will be later than sooner! Let’s trounce this cancer and then re-evaluate! Deal?