Americana god

Good evening,

I just woke up from a day-long nap. My boss asked me to leave work this morning, stating that "I need to take care of myself if I want to take care of other people". The man has a point. Although, my current cold is definitely the kind that makes you sound far sexier when you talk... it certainly makes my job as a music therapist a little more difficult. So, needless to say, I went home... fell asleep... and woke up feeling quite a bit better. So, my thoughts tonight, be them important, come from a state of mind that may be a bit affected by Aleve and Sudafed.

Ok, so... I am tired of worshipping an 'Americana god'. I am ashamed to say that, at times, my idea of who God is has become as common place as apple pie and baseball. In this world of Tivo and Ipods, it's so easy to put the Lord in a box. For me, it's pretty simple to see God in things like Ohio sunsets or Iowa farmland. It's easy to see how Christ moves in the life of a child on the first day of school or a man in the final stage of life. But it's far more difficult for me to see God outside of the "lower 48". Literally and figuratively. I, far to often, trap the Lord in this box of American greatness along with things like Independence day and mint chocolate chip ice cream, but our God is greater than that. The God that paints the Ohio sunsets is the same God that places the stars over the African plains. The God that sculpted the Iowa landscape is the same God that created the London Fog. Not only does the Lord transcend my box of Americana, but, as it says in Philippians 4:7, He transcends our understanding. I am continually amazed by how immense our God is and how small I seem to be in comparison. When you look at who God is apart from the Americana we know... it is clear that the Lord is far greater than I often give Him credit for. When I (slowly but surely) take God out of the box that I have unknowingly forced Him into, I am able to understand the vastness that is the Lord God. So yes, I am tired of worshipping an "Americana god". I am tired of foolishly placing Christ along side of things like hot dogs and blue jeans, but above all else...

I'm just tired.

God is Bigger~
Tempa