| | I find it funny how often
we take things for granted until we are stripped of them or by chance we find
ourselves revisiting the novelty of them.
This weekend I took a journey down to the beach. I used to go at least once a week…even in
winter. Something about the atmosphere near
dusk there I find draws me into the presence of the Lord. One of the first times I went there in the
evening, the Lord provided a magnificent sign of His beauty. I walked up and down the beach near the park
where I left my green little car. As
usual, I watched the sun set behind the arch of the bridge stretching across
the Intracoastal Waterway. For whatever reason, I elected to wait there
a little past twilight. Out over the
ocean, something peculiar caught my eye.
At first I had no clue what I was looking at. The sky was crystal clear. Over the horizon I saw a small sliver of some
bright object getting closer. Perhaps it
was an enormous tanker of some sort I thought.
Soon I realized, it was no tanker of all. I happened to stumble upon the perfect night
to watch the full moon rise over the horizon.
It was one of the most magnificent vistas I have ever laid my eyes
on. Since then I have gone back several
times when I know a full moon will rise…and never has it been like it was that
first time. It only happens a few times
a year that it is dark enough outside when the full moon rises to create such a
view not too mention finding the perfect weather.
So this weekend I set out hoping for a
beautiful show as a red eclipsed moon rose over the horizon. Yet that didn’t happen for me. I saw beauty however in the sunset…a scene I
hadn’t paid much attention to previously.
Funny how I was seeking one thing and God gifted me with another. Yet even more peculiar is that if I was not
seeking that one thing…I never would have received the other. It is in moments and seasons that I am resting
in the Lord that I am able to see the beauty He has surrounded me with and soak
it up. He captivates me time and time
again with the declaration of the world He declared into being. For it is through the very WORD of GOD that
this universe came into being. Even
after years of the curse, that WORD still resonates in my heart. I can hardly imagine the splendor that must
have enchanted Adam and Eve in the Garden.
What a glorious day it will be when the curse is lifted and a new heaven
and a new earth are brought forth by the coming of the Word of God…Christ
Jesus.
You
are Loved,
<><
Brian
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