The poet William Blake captures in a few divinely stated words our human desire to know God when he writes:

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To see a World in a Grain of Sand 

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower 

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand 

And Eternity in an hour

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When I was confirmed, I learned how the church expands on

our sense of wonder in the first question of the Shorter Catechism:

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What is my true purpose in life? To glorify and enjoy God forever. 

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When I minister from the pulpit, at a sacrament, or for a commitment ceremony,  I preach the wonder of glorifying God and the immense delight we can have when we know God. Knowing God transforms ordinary activities of buying and selling, of raising a family and going to work, of leisure and rest, into times tinged with the colors of God's love.  I am enthralled by the breathtaking beauty of creation, and appalled by the evidence of sin - the wanton injustice, hatred, disease and suffering that accompanies the wonder of life. 

 

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I embrace the radical optimism of Julian of Norwich:

 

All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.

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God enters our world and our lives through Jesus Christ so that

we can glorify and enjoy God forever.