After spending the last few days thinking about our three enemies (the world, devil and our own sinful nature) and the battles we often face against them, and victories and weapons and such, I want to think about other things this morning.
I want to think about that iconic Louie Armstrong song, “What a Wonderful World.”
“I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom for me and for you. And I think to myself, What a wonderful world. I see skies of blue and clouds of white, The bright blessed days, dark sacred nights, And I think to myself, What a wonderful world.
The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people going by. I see friends shaking hands, saying, ‘How do you do?’ They’re really sayin’, ‘I love you.’
I hear babies cry, I watch them grow. They’ll learn much more than I’ll never know. And I think to myself What a wonderful world. Yes, I think to myself What a wonderful world.”
When you read Armstrong’s biography, it is a wonder that he could write such a song, how he could think that this is a “Wonderful World?” After watching the evening newscasts, how could any of us think this is a “Wonderful World?”
But we can. It will require making an effort to seek out the beautiful things God displays all around us. And it will require fixing our “thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable….things that are excellent and worthy of praise.” [Philippians 4:8 NLT]
“What a Wonderful World”
