{"id":23355,"date":"2025-12-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=23355"},"modified":"2025-12-08T05:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:22:30","slug":"the-god-of-sunrises-scripture-and-screws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=23355","title":{"rendered":"The God of Sunrises, Scripture and Screws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last weekend at Epiphany Ranch felt a little like stepping inside a hymn like “To God be the Glory” or “How Great Thou Art”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>The first morning, Staci and I greeted the sunrise together at 6:00 a.m., wrapped in blankets, soft instrumental worship music floating in the background, the fireplace flickering its own quiet amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buddy, their ever-faithful Australian Shepherd, curled at our feet, while Aggie and Lizzy \u2014 the feline queens of the ranch \u2014 supervised from nearby perches. It was peace with fur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next morning, I tiptoed in again, eager for another sunrise with my girl — only to find Christiane, Payton\u2019s sweetheart, sitting quietly by the fire with her Bible open. Staci asked, \u201cWhat are you reading?\u201d

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Her answer? \u201cExodus. And wow\u2026 there are a lot of laws.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We laughed \u2014 because yes, there are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then Staci said something that stopped me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExodus was the instruction manual for creation. It had to be detailed. It had to be precise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And suddenly, it all made sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were no hospitals then, no sanitation systems, no health codes, no government regulations. God wasn\u2019t being tedious. He was teaching His people how to build a world. How to live. How to survive. How to thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every guideline in Exodus wasn\u2019t nitpicking \u2014 it was love spelled out in careful lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It reminded me of the time Carl and I bought a pantry that came in approximately 350 pieces. Every bolt, every screw, every microscopic doo-dad had to be assembled \u201caccording to the instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one point, we were convinced our marriage might not survive this sanctifying experience. One wrong bolt and the whole thing wobbled like a newborn calf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when we finally got it assembled (with the help of a dear friend who is highly skilled in woodwork), we stepped back and admired it \u2014 sturdy, steady, useful.
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Just like God did in Exodus. Every detail, every design, every bolt of creation — divinely intentional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here we are, centuries later, sitting by fireplaces at sunrise, reading His words with peace on our faces and gratitude in our hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We get to enjoy the pantry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We get to enjoy the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We get to enjoy the God who builds everything with purpose \u2014 including us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If God cares about every bolt in Exodus, He surely cares about every detail of your life today. How awesome is that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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