Taking inventory of wonder

Taking inventory of wonder” is a famous phrase from the poem “Sabbaths – 1979, IV” by American farmer, poet, and environmental activist Wendell Berry. Berry died in Port Royal, Kentucky, on August 31, 2026, at the age of 92.. Following his death, The New York Times noted that Berry’s works had “extolled America’s agrarian past” and that his efforts “championed small family farms and the environment”.Governor of KentuckyAndy Beshear called Berry a “literary giant and a great Kentuckian”.

Taking inventory of wonder:

And, another wonder many of us have often marveled at, as singer and song writer, George Beverly Shea. I found this story from; The Billy Graham Library;

“The year was 1955, and the Billy Graham team had just completed an incredibly influential series of events in Scotland, which saw more than 2.5 million people hear the Gospel, and more than 50,000 give their lives to Christ. This was on the heels of preaching to more than 2 million the previous year in England.

After the close of the weeks-long effort, the team boarded a ship for the return voyage home to the United States. As they crossed the Atlantic, soloist George Beverly Shea (affectionately known as Bev) and his young son Ron, recognized another passenger on the ship—the president of a New York recording company.

Though the man wasn’t a Christian, he curiously asked what went on during their crusades. They had coffee and Bev joyfully shared how people received Christ each night. He finished his explanation with saying, “Oh the wonder of it all!”

That night, George Beverly Shea went back to his cabin, but sleep eluded him. At one point, Bev’s wife woke up and said, “What are you doing up so late?” Bev replied, “I’m just writing a little song.”

The executive quickly took an envelope out of his pocket, wrote those words, and pushed it across the table. He said, “Bev, that sounds like a song: ‘The Wonder of It All.’”

That “song” became the beautiful hymn, “The Wonder of It All.” Lines from, The Wonder of it all;

🎶”There’s the wonder of sunset at evening,
The wonder as sunrise I see;
But the wonder of wonders that thrills my soul
Is the wonder that God loves me.

…There’s the wonder of springtime and harvest,
The sky, the stars, and the sun;
But the wonder of wonders that thrills my soul
Is a wonder that’s just begun.

O, the wonder of it all! The wonder of it all!
Just to think that God loves me.
..”🎶

Taking inventory of wonder:

There is wonder and awe throughout God’s word that enlightens, encourages, inspires, and often leaves us in awe of expectations. Just one that I marvel about. “I (God Himself) will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.” (Acts 2:19)

Taking inventory of wonder:

Taking inventory of wonder: Just to pause this morning and tell you that God loves you! And, God loves me!