Wonderful

Speaking via electronic mail to my old friend who has moved to the State of Washington, sharing my heart, I confided in her that my prayer request would be for me, to receive a wonderful surprise from the Lord, My Father.  Her quick response to this, my request, was along the lines of that one of the names of the Lord is "Wonderful."

My dear friend, who is my next-door neighbor, who has the same first name of my Washington friend, called me to ask if I would grab dinner with her at our local diner.  Though weary from a day with 23 six year olds, I was easily convinced that it would be a wise choice to be able to order from a menu, dine with a friend, and not have to do clean up after.  The time would be wonderful.

My neighbor friend across the street often sends catchy, cute, sometimes moving e-mails to me and I always enjoy opening them because they come packed with love, I'm most always encouraged by them. The e-mails are wonderful.  It's wonderful when a friend knows a friend cares.

A real effort by a first grader can certainly be wonderful.  Answered prayer for a loved one is wonderful.

There is such variety in the use of the word "wonderful."  The expanse of meanings and contexts are perhaps galactic.   The word, itself, is wonderful.  I love that God has authored words and that wonderful is one of them.