Orange Moon Wednesday, September 17, 2025 "Too Wonderful"

The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe…

(Friends: today is the 50th anniversary of my becoming a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.  I wrote the following ten years ago today, on the occasion of my 40th anniversary.  I feel the same today as I did then.  

    Thanks to all of you for being such a blessed part of more than half of my journey with the Lord.  I cannot imagine what the last 27 years would have been without the privileged grace of fellowship with you, and the gift of your example.  Glen)

"Too Wonderful"

   I became a born again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ forty years ago today, on September 17, 1975.  The anniversary has been on my mind for awhile now.  I knew I would write about it when the day came, and I've wondered what I would actually say about the most important experience of my life.

    I am at a loss to know, which may actually be the most appropriate response to the wonder of salvation an its glorious Savior.  Life in Christ involves superlatives far beyond description.  His power is "exceeding, abundantly above all we ask or think."  The peace of God "passeth all understanding."  He gives "joy unspeakable and full of glory."  The Lord Jesus is "life… more abundant."  His mercy is "everlasting," and most wondrously, "the love of Christ passeth knowledge" (Ephesians 3:20; Philippians 4:7; I Peter 1:8; John 10:10; Psalm 100:5; Ephesians 3:19).  Such glory transcends language, and if ever we consider ourselves to have found words that fully explain and define the marvel of life in Christ, we can be sure we have been distracted from the glory thereof.

    "Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!  How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!" (Romans 11:33).

    I feel unexpectedly subdued in seeking to communicate what that day so long ago meant, and what it means.  As the Psalmist expressed of God's intimately and intricately involved presence in our lives, "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me!" (Psalm 139:6).   I therefore conclude on this day that I feel far more than I understand and can express.  "Too wonderful!"  It is, and let us rejoice in the glory that, rightly known and experienced, elicits praise and gratitude that cannot begin to be adequately expressed…

"His name shall be called Wonderful."

(Isaiah 9:6)

Weekly Memory Verse  

    What shall we say to these things?  If God be for us, who can be against us?"

 (Romans 8:31)

   

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