Lord, it is good that we are here

These are Peter’s words in today’s Gospel (Mt. 17:1-9) as he beholds the Transfiguration of our Lord.

In our lives on this earth, you and I may not experience transfigurations very often (probably not at all), but we do have moments in which we feel God’s love and presence in an especially powerful way and it is in moments such as those that we joyfully say,

Lord, it is good that we are here

May our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ bless us continually with the grace to feel his love, his presence, his righteousness, and his glory.

May we always recognize his being with us in all of the things we do and even in all of the things we may suffer for his sake, so that no matter what happens we may say,

Lord, it is good that we are here.