Sunset

How can I but contemplate you

Your unfathomable greatness

As I sit on the deck with a full belly

Of tasty wholesome food

With the wild turkeys nearby

Rustling in the foliage

The bats swooping about

As the pursuit doomed insects

And ducks flying overhead

Coming from the valley to the west

Headed for the lake up the road

I view the most unbelievable sunset

Your brush strokes on the canvas

The west alight with your perfection

Oh how you move me

Mighty God

Your world is so beautiful

I wonder at your artistry

As now I hear another sound

Another buck has come to visit

Scraping his antlers on a sapling

How did you make this world?

How ever do you do it?

Such splendor and majesty

Such breathtaking mastery of design

You are so great

How can I but be in awe

Ever amazed at your grandeur

The work of your hands so perfect

The art of your creation

All alive and in motion

So flawless in design

To you, oh Master be glory

For the way you stun the senses

Ever new and fresh

Yet ever familiar and deeper

Thank you for this planet

And for letting me call it home

Where you have determined to rest

Your throne in Jerusalem forever

The center of time and all love

You've done it again

You're ever the master

The universe your canvas

As you paint life forever

With all the brilliant hues

Of your own inestimable beauty

Stephen Pursell, 10/8/15

Oh what an awesome God you are