out in the first morning

January 1985

i stand

small

puny

insignificant

against the immensity of sunrise

and stars fading away

in the departing night

psalm eight

ringing in my mind

oh great Lord

what am i

that you love me

enough to give me

life and love

sun and stars

music and laughter

eternity forever

beauty where-ever

i look

such joy i have, Lord

while others suffer

why me?

what did i ever do?

my God!

i love you

i thank you

i praise you

i live because of you

everything i am

all i do

is all you

thank you

that i live

that i see

that i love

thank you

for you

Wesley Acres, on West Lake in Prince Edward

County, early Sunday morning, after seeing setting

stars and rising sun at opposite sides of the sky.

Published in “Insight” April 1986.

Here you can read Psalm Eight.

The lower case "i" is intentional, it is

intended to show the smallness of man

against the immensity of his Creator.