Six Recognitions of the Lord

When I read” Six Recognitions of the Lord,” I kept on trying to see how it could relate to my life. While the poem was very beautiful and deep, I still couldn’t relate it to myself. That all changed when I read a section that took me back to the beach on Saturday. “Of course I have always known you are present in the clouds, and the black oak I especially adore, and the wings of birds.” This immediately jumped out to me because I encountered this on Saturday. Lately I have been having a hard time trusting God and knowing that he has my best interest at heart. I remember lying and basking in the hot Florida sun just thinking how blessed I was to be here for nine months out of the year. It was then that I looked up to the sky and saw something that was marvelous. I saw three birds flying in the air that looked to be a face in the sky. However, it wasn’t the birds in the sky that I was looking at but I felt as if I was looking at the face of God. He was in the sky looking down on His marvelous wonder and creation. He saw every individual and wave that crashed onto the shores of the ocean. It was then that I closed my eyes and just whispered a prayer thanking Him for His majestic creation and for picking me to love. After that prayer I felt a still small voice that whispered back, “Christine, I see everything. While you see just a clip, I see the whole picture.” Looking up at the sky and seeing the face really gave me a better depiction that it’s true. We need to trust God and know that He sees everything in our life. While we question why a certain situation is happening to us or why God would let this happen, we need to know that he sees the final result. It’s beautiful and amazing and all we need to do is put our full trust in Him.