As King David Sees God's Glory

Physical and emotional pain quickly zaps my joy.  I NEED a huge dose of God's glory.  My mind calls for moments from my memory when I have seen the most spectacular display of His glory in the heavens...a sunset that causes me to gasp.  Stars so abundant in the desert sky, there is hardly room for darkness.  The study of the complex details and design of a human.  Why is my awe so fleeting?  Why am I so easily distracted and quick to "move on"?  Have I ever wondered why God made sunsets? Did He name the stars and place them in the heavens because He was bored?  Drink deep and long Gini, of the glory of God.  Your soul is withering.

From The Message (chosen simply as a personal preference) David celebrates God's Glory:

Psalm 29:1-9

"Bravo, God, bravo!

gods and all angels shout, "encore!"

In awe before the glory,

in awe before God's visible power, Stand at attention!

Dress your best to honor Him!

God thunders across the waters,

Brilliant, His voice and His face, streaming brightness--

God, across the flood waters.

God's thunder tympanic,

God's thunder symphonic.

God's thunder smashes cedars,

God topples the northern cedars.

The mountain ranges skip like spring colts,

The high ridges jump like wild kid goats.

God's thunder spits fire.

God thunders, the wilderness quakes;

He makes the desert of Kadesh shake.

God's thunder sets the oak trees dancing

A wild dance, whirling; the pelting rain strips their branches.

We fall to our knees--we call out, "Glory!"

God's Glory

My soul is dry.  It feels parched.  I am so tired of speeches.  I am so tired of opinions (mine included).  There is a deep longing in my soul.  This morning I discovered what it is.  One of my favorite authors Max Lucado has a devotional book called "It's Not About Me".  I am just beginning my reading.  But as is typical of Lucado, I don't have to read far before I am struck with relational feelings.  Here are his opening words to chapter 3: "Moses asked to see it on Sinai.  It billowed through the temple, leaving priests too stunned to minister.  When Ezekiel saw it, he had to bow.  It encircled the angels and starstruck the shepherds in the Bethlehem pasture.  Jesus radiates it.  John beheld it.  Peter witnessed it on Transfiguration Hill.  Christ will return enthroned in it.  Heaven will be illuminated by it.  One glimpse, one taste, one sampling, and (our) faith will never be the same... GLORY GOD'S GLORY"

And, David, the psalmist expressed that longing: Psalm 29 (The Message) "Bravo, God, bravo! gods and all angels shout, "encore!" In awe before the glory, in awe before God's visible power.  Stand at attention!  Dress your best to honor Him! God thunders across the waters, Brilliant, His voice and His face, streaming brightness--God, across the floor waters. God's thunder tympanic, God's thunder symphonic.  God's thunder smashes cedars, God topples the northern cedars.  The mountain ranges skip like spring colts, the high ridges jump like walk kid goats.  God's thunder spits fire. God thunders, the wilderness quakes; He makes the desert of Kadesh shake. Gd's thunder sets the oak trees dancing a wild dance, whirling; the pelting rain strips their branches.  We vall to our knees--we call out, GLORY"

MORE THAN WORSHIP

I have decided to use this site (Journey Between The Two Eternities) for more than worship.  I have a need to "pour out my soul"  This pouring may have the contents of anger, doubt, frustration and other negatives.  But, because I believe my God is ALL SEEING AND ALL KNOWING, and I am confident in His amazing love and grace over me, I can express ALL here.  I believe it will bring healing.  This will be my safe place to pour out my heart.  I won't be offending others.  Perhaps in the pouring, the healing will follow and I will receive new insights.

Our Refuge

Today and all of our tomorrows, for your soul and for my soul - "Psalm 62:5-8 "My soul, wait in silence for God only; For my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be shaken. On God my salvation and my glory rest; the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us." 

Beautiful Benediction...

From the tiny and hard to read book of Jude. It is the benediction and such a blessing to say over each other. "Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with joy; to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord be glory, majesty, dominion and authority before all time, now and forever. Amen" Jude 24 - 25

God Using The Bad Of Life For Good...

October 12, 2015 ·

I just read Pastor Rick Warren's daughter's (Amy Hilliker) quote from the article about their conference on mental health and her journey with her brother's suicide:
She said, "I wish we knew then the kind of things we know now," Hilliker said. "But for those of us who know Jesus, pain births beauty. The story is not even close to being over yet. Because God is making every hard and ugly and painful thing that I endured, that our family endured, work for good in our lives and the lives of others. The hope is, the Bible tells us, that this work will not end, until God has extracted every teeny, tiny morsel of good out of that pain. He will not let up until this work is finished."
Amy was SO truthful in sharing about her struggles. So, I take these words as honest, spoken from her heart of love for her brother and her love for Jesus.

It Is What It Is

There is a phrase often used today: “It is what it is.” This is a favorite of mine. I don’t see any IF, AND or BUT connected with this thought. It, whatever that may be…is what it is. It challenges me to see the reality of the “it”. Like “it” or not, I must deal with the reality. I can’t deny it. I can’t run from it. I can’t change it. I believe the Bible is the God-breathed Word of our heavenly Father, creator and lover of my soul. It doesn’t hold truth. It IS truth. “It is what it is”. Actually, this brings me GREAT comfort.