ONE BEAUTIFUL MOMENT

ONE BEAUTIFUL MOMENT

READ:
Isaiah 40:6-11

All flesh is grass, and all its
loveliness is like the flower
of the field. -Isaiah 40:6

One snap of the shutter, and there it was...one beautiful moment captured in time for eternity.  The late summer sun reflected in the breaking wave made the water look like liquid gold splashing onto the shore.  If my friend had not been there with his camera, the wave would have gone unnoticed, like so many others that have come and gone, seen only by God.

Who can imagine how many waves Lake Michigan has sent rolling onto the shoreline?  Yet each one is unique.  As seen in every wave, God makes extravagant beauty out of seemingly mundane things.  Using water and air, He makes wondrous works of art.  We enjoy His gallery in skies above and on earth and sea below.  But most of earth's beauty remains invisible to us;  it is seen only by God.

God uses another gallery to display His glory-humans.  We too are made out of something ordinary-dust (Genesis 2:7).  But to us He added an extraordinary ingredient-His very own breath (v.7).  Like waves of the sea and flowers of the field (Isaiah 40:6), our lives are brief and seen by few.  Yet each one is a beautiful "moment" created by God to say to the world, "Behold, your God!" whose Word will last forever (v.8). -Julie Ackerman Link

Only one life, so live it well,
And keep your candle trimmed and bright;
Eternity, not time, will tell
The radius of that candle's light. -Miller
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We fulfill our purpose when we serve our Creator.

INSIGHT
The frailty and brevity of human life is reiterated ad graphically represented by twin metaphors:  withering grass and fading flowers (Isaiah 40:6-8; Psalm 103:15-16).  Against this backdrop, Isaiah spoke of God's great love and cares for His people (Isaiah 40:11).  In similar fashion, Jesus, pointing to the lilies and grass of the field, acknowledged that though feeble and frail, humanity has immeasurable value and imperishable significance (Matthew 6:28-30).  "If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you?" (Luke 12:28).

Have a blessed day.
God Our Creator's Love Always
Unity & Peace