His Faceted Brilliance
The Lord just captures my heart and mind with such stunning radiance; I am awestruck by the wonders of His work. Isn’t He just… amazing! When I close my eyes, His acts look more like a diamond with many chiseled facets that gleam a different light depending on the angle you’re viewing the Rock from. If you stand back and view a diamond from the side, you see it really only points in one direction.
What’s simply amazing is how the great Author makes the millions of us each feel loved and known. In one act or display, like a sunrise, He shines in my direction with such an intentional, personalized ray of light… the message my heart hears is God speaking a very handcrafted word directly to me. And yet to another person standing near, viewing the same sun… from their angle, it shines a different facet of light that speaks a very intimate message from the Lord and looks completely different from my own. The light looks different from wherever you are standing, but one thing is for sure: every glimmer is unique and on purpose.
“But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.'” Isaiah 43
“O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path, and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me…” Psalm 139
Lord, you are even more beautiful than diamonds…
