"It Passes All My Understanding" - Cherie Call

I was sitting on a southbound plane 

I was buried in a magazine

When the man in the seat next over

Wanted to talk to me

He talked about the universe,

He talked about Saturn's rings.

He said, "I might be an atheist,

Except for just one thing:

It passes all my understanding

How it all worked out just right

The distance that we live from the sun,

The stars that shine at night.

We may prove that it was just an accident

But how did it begin?

It passes all my understanding."

I told him, "You're a scholar;

You know things that I don't know.

But I believe a God in heaven

Made everything below.

And I know we are His children;

I've known it since I was two

But when it comes to being struck with awe

I'm just like you.

It passes all my understanding 

All the beauty that we have here.

From the majesty of the canyons

To a tiny baby's ear.

And even when I can't believe it

He still believes in me.

It passes all my understanding.

We watched the sun set through the clouds

In a tiny little airplane window

With people sleeping all around

And I thought of just how we just expect this world to be.

And when the flight attendant passed me by,

I threw away my magazine.

It passes all my understanding 

That the Lord knows both our names

And that He made this world for everyone

That was sitting on that plane.

And in spite of all man's distractions,

He offers us His peace.

That passes all my understanding.

(Photo by ME! Hehe!)

I was reminded of this song yesterday

On our way home from Vegas.

We were surrounded by nothing else

but dry land, dry grass, and dry "cactus" trees.

The color of the sunset was beautiful!
From the top, it was dark blue,

turning into blue, then light blue,

and pale blue,

then yellow,

then dark yellow,

yellow orange,

orange,

red orange,

red,

and some shades of black at the very bottom (the horizon).

I studied each color for a long time

before it all faded

and everything turned into dark, starry, night.

It was beautiful!
Like what Louis Armstrong said,

"What a wonderful world!"