While the Morning Stars Sing

I tiptoed down my stairs, started the coffee and heard my dog shake in her crate. That's Hilde's signal that she's up and ready to start the day.

I greeted my little red hound, snapped on her leash and opened the door, taking a deep breath of delight. I don't think I've been outside before 6:00 am since June 9--the day school got out.

I love early morning, but our whole family has been on the up late at night and up late in the morning schedule this summer. It's wonderful, though, to be back to routine and seeing the morning stars.

Here's one of the scriptures that wrapped around my hear this morning as I studied in my Intimacy with God study,

"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me if you understnad. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know. Who stretched a measuring line across it? Onw hat were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?" (Job 38:4-7 NIV)

As I sat in the quiet that my house has returned to, I thought of how my heart sang at the sight of the stars this morning and the wonder of star-song and angel-cheering at the sight of God's handiwork. Worship is our natural response to creation when we are moving slow enough to pay attention. I've loved our summer break, but now I'm praying for a school pace that allows my heart to register wonder as I move through the day.