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Sunday, August 2, 2009

REFLECTIONS AT PICTURE LAKE-Guest Blogger

When you see a picture or a view of a mountain that is reflected in a body of water, like we saw at Picture Lake, the mountain is what is real. The reflection is real too in the sense that it is a "real" reflection, but it is only a mere image of the mountain and can never match the mountain in all its mass, size, and grandeur. This is analogous to the mountain begin God and our Lord and His children being the reflection. One of our callings as God's children is to reflect God and Jesus in our lives. It is noticeable that when there is a ripple or something like a stick in the water, the reflection is greatly distorted and those things are like sin in our lives because they are not part of the mountain. As we know, there is no sin in God, Jesus lived a sinless life. It is also noticeable that the reflection of the mountain is less sharp the further it is from the mountain, and the closer the reflection is to the mountain, the more exactly is the mountain reflected. In our analogy then, the closer we are to God, the more clearly we reflect Him.

This is an example of Romans 1:19-20 when God reveals Himself through what He has made. In this way, He reveals the invisible things about Himself in His creation, even His eternal power and Godhead are clearly seen. Also Psalm 29:3-4 is written as, "The voice of the lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thundereth. The lord is upon many waters. The voice of the lord is powerful; the voice of the lord is full of majesty." A famous Dutch theologian said that in the beauty of God's creation God is saying, "This is all mine," but I don't hear God saying this when I behold the beauty of His handywork as we have seen on our hikes. What I hear God saying at places like Picture Lake is

"I AM HERE."

Thank you, Jim for sharing with us all.

7 comments:

the Jennings secede from the South said...

Good post!

Hannah Lee said...

Gorgeous. So wonderful seeing your beautiful face Friday.

SND said...

So glad that we were able to hear it in person!!! Thanks, Jim.

Deb said...

Well put. Amen.

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