Shining Glory

 

                                  

                     Whatever the Lord pleases He does,in heaven and earth, in the seas and in all deep places.  He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain; He brings the wind out of His treasuries.    Psalm 135:6-7

        The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.       Numbers 6:24-26

 

          Sitting before the waves all week has been a marvelous privilege.  After a very fully packed summer and fall, this has been a restful and refreshing slow down.  Watching the ever changing waves and just having time to sit with God and the powerful ocean He created puts me back in order.  

          Our garden was left to fend for itself at the end of the season.  It’s glory was fading as we left for the beach.  But switching from unending garden tending to sitting before the ocean  gave me time to think and listen.  God’s lesson for me after watching the powerful waves all week was a lesson in humility.  Wave after wave thunders the shoreline emphasizing the power of God in His creation.  Then in the late afternoon we watched the changing of the daily hours and reveled in each glorious sunset.  It became clear to me that the glory of the ocean is not in its own beauty but from the sun shining on it!  The sun changed the ocean into a breathtaking scene of yellows, oranges, violets, pinks, and brilliant tones in between.  

          Isn’t that what God’s Son does for us!  He makes His face shine on us with blessing and creates a beauty in us and for us that is way beyond anything we could conjure up.  Oh, what a great Savior we have!  He blesses us with salvation and then from ashes makes beauty.  You and I don’t create that beauty, but it is all from God’s Son.  Realizing this is so refreshing and humbling and freeing.  The work of God far surpasses any work of mine.  And when we are humbled we get filled with the glory of God!  Nothing in the world compares to the adrenaline rush of experiencing God’s glory!  His peace rests on us.

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