punctual

Last night I attended my first University Chorale Concert in the audience. It was strange to have Dr. Cook face away from me during a concert and not to have heard all the music over a hundred times already. But I enjoyed it even so.

The music was written by Dan Forrest, a composer whose music I enjoy greatly. One fun little peace was a setting of Emily Dickinson's poem "Lightly stepped a yellow star."

Lightly stepped a yellow star
To its lofty place,
Loosed the Moon her silver hat
From her lustral face.

All of evening softly lit
As an astral hall--
Father, I observed to heaven,
You are punctual.

I had never considered using such a word to describe God, but it is accurate. He is never late. Everything that He does is perfectly orderly and always on time.