The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech….their words to the ends of the world. ~ Ps. 19:1-2a, 4b (NIV)
Recently, my heart has been eager to wake, grabbing my Bible and journal, settling on my front porch, where September’s cooler mornings bid me soak in the ever changing sky before the sun appears and bares it’s glorious light. I find pleasure in each shape of cloud whether it’s long and wispy dancing in the atmosphere, or whether it’s huge and billowy giving weight to what in reality is only gas floating away with the wind’s direction. A crow caws and another hoarsely answers. Mist rises from God’s creation drawing and restoring rest to my soul while watching shades of deep pink merge into orange, peach, gold, to white luminous brilliance. Bathed in this movement, I glance again, and where light had shone on a cloud, now it hovers without color, only grey in contrast to seconds ago, when sun’s light touched its surface so richly.
Light is Beauty
Struck by this disappointment, I realized, only light coming from the Father can so illumine my life in such a way as to give light, clarity, definition. Oh, that I would grow in His light. His word brings light to my eyes. His life brings life to my mind. And what beauty would I have without the light of the Creator of the earth and sky?
The unfolding of your words gives light…~Ps. 119:130a (NIV)
God’s Word Brings Light to Change Our Lives
Knowing God’s word brings direction to our lives. It is a light unto our path. When we long for His light of truth, we want to regularly bathe ourselves, refreshing our spirits. Do I long to share this light in the lives of my friends, so that their lives would also envelope His glory? They too, would transform from lifeless, to brimming over, spilling, transforming.
In him was life, and that life was the light of men. ~John 1:4 (NIV)
He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. ~John 1:10 (NIV)
How Does God’s Light Change Me?
Prayer: God beckon my soul, my mind, my heart, allowing Your beauty to sanctify me wholly to You, permitting my rested spirit to know Your sanctuary of blessing. Cause Your light to strengthen me to share Your living word to others.
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