Impressive
With my hands I stretched out the heavens.
All the stars are at my command. ~ Isaiah 45:12b (NLT)
Great and awe-inspiring are your works,
Lord God Almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
king of the nations. ~ Revelation 15:3 (CEB)
Amazing, God, you are truly amazing. All creation responds to your commands and eventually all the nations in the world will give way to you, too. If you were so inclined you could force them. But you don't force your true and just ways on any of us -- including me. I'm thankful for the way that you patiently work to get me to where I need to be. Help me to be patient, too -- starting with the way that I relate to you. God, you are truly amazing. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
