I have been listing my gifts for a few months now and have passed the 500 mark. I have found that I seek to find the beauty in all things with greater ease as I continue on this journey. There is just a broader presence of God in my days. Of course not every day is 'beautiful' in the moment but I have now learned that every day is a gift. It is in the breath that fills our lungs that even in the dark of night or turmoil we can see that God's hand is holding us together. One night after dropping Keith to work I was greeted with this sunset and had to stop. The Shekinah Glory that streamed down was amazing to behold.
I googled Shekinah and came HERE and loved what it to say about His Glory.
The word shekinah does not appear in the Bible, but the concept clearly does. The Jewish rabbis coined this extra-biblical expression, a form of a Hebrew word that literally means "he caused to dwell," signifying that it was a divine visitation of the presence or dwelling of JEHOVAH God on this earth. The Shekinah was first evident when the Israelites set out from Succoth in their escape from Egypt. There it appeared as a cloudy pillar in the day and a fiery pillar by night: “After leaving Succoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people” (Exodus 13:20-22).
In the New Testament, Jesus Christ is the dwelling place of God’s glory. Colossians 2:9 tells us that “in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,” causing Jesus to exclaim to Philip, “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). In Christ, we see the visible manifestation of God Himself in the second person of the Trinity. Although His glory was also veiled, Jesus is nonetheless the presence of God on earth. Just as the divine Presence dwelled in a relatively plain tent called the “tabernacle” before the Temple in Jerusalem was built, so did the Presence dwell in the relatively plain man who was Jesus. “He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him” (Isaiah 53:2). But when we get to heaven, we will see both the Son and the Father in all their glory, and the Shekinah will no longer be veiled (1 John 3:2).
Over the next few nights the moon was beyond full as it rose from the horizon.
In fact hours before on the other side of the planet a full lunar eclipse had taken place and that night I could not capture adequately the beautiful glow of the moon's reflecting the sun.
Psalm 8:3-4
3 When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
the moon and the stars you set in place—
4 what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them?
Isaiah 40:7-8
7 The grass withers and the flowers fade beneath the breath of the Lord.
And so it is with people.
8 The grass withers and the flowers fade,
but the word of our God stands forever.”
The newest signs of wonder are the blossoms in my tiny garden, blessings of beauty everywhere I look.
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