wakeboarding with Jesus

Yesterday I was at Simon Peter's house in Capernaum. You may remember stories in the books of Luke and Matthew that reference some of Jesus' time spent there. Although once a thriving city, it's all in ruins now except for the new fences and plaques that keep tourists out. Over Peter's house is a beautiful chapel with a glass floor to look down on the house from above. The windows of the chapel look out over the Sea of Galilee only about 200 yards from the house. I paused for a few minutes there to pray and try to make sense of the scene below... Jesus had been in this place. He had healed here, taught here, eaten here, and blessed many in this very place. Wow... and then a wakeboard boat passed by. I love to wakeboard in the summer. And somehow it all connected - God's presence, his joy and delight that he takes in me, in this modern day today while standing over a house where He once stood 2000 years ago. Jesus is alive. He is still present with his people and takes delight in them. I love this about God - how He has always been present and takes great delight in His creation.