Remarkable

A hometown view that never gets old.

Besides being nearly 40 degrees cooler and a ton less humid, the shocking crispness of today’s before-sunrise air triggered flashbacks of walks across campus to an 8 a.m. class in September. There is plenty of summer left, but it was a good vibration nonetheless because just being able to breathe deeply this morning made it, well… 

And then there was this never-gets-old scene across from what will always be known as Derby’s that was, well…

And as the sun began to creep its way over the hills, fleeting clouds turned pink then tangerine-ish then lilac, then suddenly stopped their stage performance, and it was all, well…

And just when I was fumbling for the right word, I turned to Centertown and there it was in a storefront sign: Remarkable. “Worthy of being noticed, uncommon, extraordinary.” Kind of leaves you wanting for more than that until you discover that remarkable has more than 70 powerful synonyms, like amazing and incredible.

King David knew the feeling of remarkable well. He once wrote:

“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the skies announce what His hands have made. Day after day they tell the story; night after night they tell it again.”
(Psalm 19:1-2)

David spent a lot of his life outdoors and “saw” many remarkable things that many may have taken for granted.

Duly noted.

And he would have loved it here…especially this morning.