I have been praying in anticipation for the start of this study with all of you. Praying for the peace in strength to listen to what God will reveal as well as the courage to bring it into my daily life. Since Monday I have been struggling a bit with my heart being truly ready to start this study. I have wanted to be ready to dive in, but my heart was not on the same page yet.
As I was driving last night I experienced a BAZINGA moment from God setting my heart on fire for this study. I turned the corner on my way to high school group and was met by the most stunning sunset I have ever witnessed. I will admit, for a short moment my body went frozen, I was struck by God's splendor and power and sheer beauty. I witnessed the smoky clouds roll over the silhouette of Catalina Island and transform into a burning light exploding into blinding yellows and oranges. I couldn't look away. And I thought to myself, this might be a small hint of what John felt in the vision he had.
"...His face was like the sun shinning in all its brilliance." (v. 16)
As I reflect this morning and continue to think about the moment last night when I was met by this awesome sunset and I start to picture John's response...
"When I saw him, I fell to the floor at his feet as though dead." (v. 17)
Yes! He fell to the floor! John's physical body could not respond to the sight and had no means of handling itself, so in desperation, it fell to the ground! This simple yet infinitely complex beauty of this sunset, yet by no means in equal comparison to what John witnessed, gave me a small incite to the inherit human response to the natural beauty that lies within our creator.
I pray God continues to fill each one of our lives with moments like this when our human bodies have no other response to the glory of God but to fall to the ground as though dead.
In regard to your prayer - "Yes Please." Thanks Jen.
ReplyDeleteJenn the sunsets have been beautiful this week- almost delta-esk and I often have been reminded of how unique each one is. Also this got me thinking about our reactions to the book and The Revelation of Jesus Christ that we have been reading. Each interpretation and take-away is a little different even though we are looking at the same thing- just with the sunsets, each one of our perspectives is different because we are looking at it from different vantage points BUT IT IS THE SAME THING!!! Same with the book! It has been super interesting to read what others have been learning. Thanks for your input and I echo steve as well :)
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