Monday, April 20, 2009

Who HE is, is new every morning

Where I sit I can watch the new morning light open the curtain to a new day.
The bright sparkling light of morning is new light, full of promise and life, it speaks volumes of God's love to us .
Fresh every morning new and alive GOD announces his invitation to be with him this day.
That GOD is, who GOD is , despite how I feel physically is good, for right now I have a bad gut ache and a couple nights ago I had acid reflux which is extremely painful and has many of of the symptoms of heart attack but isn't one.
Regardless if I am in pain or depressed my GOD's love and who he is, is there.
My personal history of the love we two have shared, the trials and joys are there when all I feel is pain.
The promises that he has personally made known to me are there even if the morning sun is a dull grey light.
In the small town of Pelican Alaska a waterfall flows night and day. When the rains falls in torrents the water of that fall gushes with a powerful force, the noise is loud as it smashes it way down the mountain to finally end up in the sea.The silt colors the water and it's power is awesome to just enjoy. Regardless of what life brings that waterfall continues so it is with GOD.
GOD may change in how we see him but he does not change in character.
We are human we go through trials and there are times when we cry out GOD where are you? Why have you left me?
I think of the Children of Israel in slavery in Egypt or the Jews in the death camps of Germany.
All the questions of why bad things happen to good people. Why does GOD allow that if he is a GOD of Love? If that's your GOD you can have him, but that's not for me.
GOD is so good at being GOD.
We might not always find out his reasons why, this side of heaven but he is that ever flowing waterfall he is the sun that rises every morning.
As we turn to him, his perpetual person flows over us. It flows over the universe.
He flows and his will is done in power and ways we can't understand.
His covering over us is peace when everything is stupid, love when we are sick of our own self, encouragement, comfort.
For the most part the rock that make up the mountains of this area have sharp edges. But in the falls those rocks have been worn smooth by the trials of silt, gravel and relentless water pressure making those rocks beautiful.
GOD too by the trials we endure has allowed us to be a part of who he is, to join in with parts of him. The trial is hard, seems to never end, but when it does the sharp edges of ted are worn down a little more so you can see his GOD in the smoothness.
Behold our GOD of ever present, when the people that are rubbing you the wrong way with their mean selfish gravel.
Behold our GOD is ever flowing and gravel bars never stop him.
How much of GOD do we rush past?
There is a brilliant sunlight that Pelican gets that I don't see anywhere else. I don't know if it is because of all the rain. But it is truly crystal clear.
To be near the falls in that light, the water is alive with life, the pools of water are mystically enchanting and one can bask in the marvel of GOD.

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