I just read this tonight on www.Meridianmagazine.com and liked this about the Savior:
Picture the Master sitting by the seaside as the sun sets; in a boat a little way out, speaking to the multitude on the shore; on the side of a mountain, alone in prayer; going out of the city’s dust and clamor to the peaceful beauty of Bethany; winding his way through a golden cornfield; withdrawing to the wilderness to pray.
Now hear the imagery of his words:
“How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings” (Matthew 23:37)
“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow … even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” (Matthew 6:28-29)
“The wind bloweth where it listeth.” (John 3:8)
“Her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves.” (Mark 13:28)
He spoke of putting “a new piece of cloth unto an old garment” and of “children of light” (Matthew 9:16; John 12:36).
All that the Lord did has a clarity, a beauty, a sensitivity, and harmony with nature and earth. All that he said had the poetic qualities of awareness and vividness.
How in tune the Lord was! How in touch, how in time!
I wondered for years why it was that his sensitivity and love for the earth went so far beyond that of any man. Then one day I heard the phrase, “We love what we have made.” The Lord saw beauty in all things partly because he put beauty in all things.
He loved nature – the fresh, the good, the pure, the majestic. He went alone to the mountains, to the seashore, to the deserts to regenerate, to be recharged by the calm serenity of his earth and by the peace of its spirit.
Ponder how such retreats could precede great outpourings of the Holy Spirit. (From the desert he comes, preaching with new power. From the seaside he comes, curing and healing. From the mountains he comes, walking on water.)
It has been said that poets can speak with true beauty only about the things they love. The Master loved all, and loved us all, and therefore was the most sensitive and beautiful poet of all time.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
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That is beautiful, and makes so much sense. It's no wonder that when we actually get an oppurtunity to be surronded by the majesty of nature, that it overwhelms any man. That's why I love the verse in "How Great Thou Art" that speaks of the woods and forests, the brooks and the breeze.
singing "how great thou art" at the top of a mountain that took all day to climb and from which you can look down on hill after hill, lakes, meadows and beauty as far as the eye can see. You brought back that memory. Thanks for sharing this Kimberlina. I love your sensitivity to and appreciation of beauty! You are beautiful and you create beautiful things. It's beautiful knowing you!!!!
You...my kindred spirits...You make up the best parts of my life...!!! And, it did become very clear to me as I read the article that that is why nature is so uplifting to us...why flowers melt our stressed hearts, why sunsets make us happy and why the ocean whispers own name.....Our God is the Supreme Artist of the Universe. He is love, beauty and our Redeemer and... everything He creates reminds us of Him. I still really need a trip to the ocean!!!
Very nice...and a very nice blog, I must say...your kids are so very, very good looking, like their parents.
WOW! This is so wonderfully beautiful! I know why I feel the way I do about nature and this is why! What a great article. I need to save this somewhere...
The ocean always whispers my name too!
-Britten
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