Do I care that my header changes so often? not really. Enjoy the eternal chameleon that is my header.
Today was one of those wonderfully glorious rainy days. A day when for a few hours water occupies the space between heaven and earth. It’s an atmosphere that causes my heart to long for eternity. The rumbling of thunder, the flashes of lightning, the closest earthly expression of the throne room that exists, this side of the tribulation. It’s days like this that bring peace to my heart. As if something from heaven is being expressed in the natural. In fact, I would go as far to say that thunderstorms are an expression of Heaven breaking out over the Earth.
In Job 38, God talks about how every bolt of lightning comes from his hand. They patiently stand in line awaiting there fate, as he directs the path in the sky that they are to travel. Every time I see a flash in the sky, I gasp. It’s one of few times in this Earthly assignment , that I can actually see God do something before my eyes. FLASH! “God just told that bolt to go there! HE is so cool!” Sometime I selfishly, but lovingly, think he does it just for me. Because he knows my heart sink with every flash, he constructs a light show no fireworks display could rival.
Thunder is even more beautiful to me. I once did an extensive study on thunder in the Bible. You’ll find it astonishing that Thunder is never recorded in the Bible as only describing something in the natural. Thunder is always recording God doing something in that area in both realms. Moreover the Hebrew word for Thunder is the literal voice of God. When ever it Thundered in the Bible it was God speaking to that region. I believe the same is true today. When I hear the cavernous bellow of thunder, I close my eyes and pause. “What are you saying beautiful God?” God is never silent but I believe thunder is a physical expression of his statuesque vocabulary. It moves my heart to no end.
All this to say I LOVE MY GOD! I am so thankful I got to experiance a manifestation of his glory today. I can’t wait until the day he returns, and I get to see the real thing around his throne!
5 Comments
Jam4000000amThu, 26 Apr 2007 09:47:09 +000007 5, 2007 at Thursday, April 26, 2007
amen. i wish we had the strength of His voice through thunder that you all get to experience in the midwest!
i do look forward to seeing His displays without the destruction though
Jpm4000000pmThu, 26 Apr 2007 18:33:52 +000007 5, 2007 at Thursday, April 26, 2007
Thunder and lightening is my absolute favorite aspect of nature.. I never thought of it in the way you just described it… glorious!!
Jpm4000000pmThu, 26 Apr 2007 19:59:42 +000007 5, 2007 at Thursday, April 26, 2007
I love thunderstorms, as well. I love to watch it streak across the sky and know that all that power, that just lit up the night like it was day, is not even a fraction of His power! He’s so awesome!
Jpm4000000pmMon, 30 Apr 2007 15:58:42 +000007 5, 2007 at Monday, April 30, 2007
Somebodies got their head in the clouds…;)
Jam5000000amTue, 01 May 2007 10:26:32 +000007 5, 2007 at Tuesday, May 1, 2007
maybe…maybe not…I’ve noticed a little spring in your step these days… hmmmm