'Beauty' Tagged Posts
Daily Devotions
God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.” vs. 31 Genesis 1:26-2:4 Those who wrote the story of creation found in Genesis did not have the benefit of modern day research into the origins of the universe, but they did have a marvelous perspective of its beauty and cohesiveness. After describing the six days during which all things came into existence they concluded that…
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The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness — on them light has shined.” vs. 2 Isaiah 9:2-5 This little verse from Isaiah is familiar to folks who worship on Christmas and is often used as an introduction to the liturgy. Yet in recent years there are some who maintain that the light/darkness metaphor has contributed to the continuing problem of racism. They say that when light represents…
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Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea monsters and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and frost, stormy wind fulfilling his command! … Wild animals and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds! … Young men and women alike, old and young together!” vss. 7-8, 10, 12 Psalm 148 The psalmist understood that all things have their origin in the Great Mystery, Almighty God, the Creator of the Universe, and that humans are a part of the web of…
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Isaiah 61:8-11 “For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.” vs. 11 For years believers have confessed in worship, “We are by nature sinful and unclean,” not realizing what an affront that statement is to our Creator. Do we really believe that the Lord of the Universe created us to be…
Daily Devotions: January 14, 2019
January 14, 2019 To read full passage click: Isaiah 62:1-5 …“You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.” vs. 3 The prophet is ecstatic about the possibilities ahead for the people of Israel. He was preaching to a people living in exile, a defeated nation, and he plants in their imagination a vision of a royal future. This was more than a politician’s campaign…
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