Standing In Glory

Beaten down by the scorching sun of the day and worn out from the work, the moment of evening chores found me dragging my feet toward the house for the final time when I raised my head from the ground in front of my feet and saw a glimpse of glory rising out of the foliage of the tall pecan trees on the eastern side of the farm.  The calendar says the full harvest moon is not full until tomorrow night, but how it could be any more compelling than it is the night before is mystifying. 

 

Every now and again those who lift their eyes catch a glimpse of God's glory peeking out of the creation.  It was a moment so full of magnificent splendor that it demanded telling another so that it might not just be a moment of solitude but a moment of sharing.  The truth is there is more glory in the creation daily than we might ever dare to think possible to see.  The glimpses we catch of it simply point us toward what is obvious to the ones paying attention and to those sights which remind us there is even more to see of the God of creation than just a big orange moon coming up over the evening horizon. 

 

God is truly One full of glory.  Everything and everyone He has created has within the potential to reflect the glory of the Holy One.  Everything and everyone includes you and me.  As unlikely as it might seem when the glory of God is allowed to fill our hearts and spirits, there exists the possibility that the inner presence within us might be reflected in our face, in the work of our hands, and in the words of our mouth.  In Exodus 34:29 the Word of God says of Moses as he came down from Mount Sinai with the tablets, ""Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God."  Ah, that such glory might shine forth from our spirit because we have stood in the presence of the glory of the Almighty.