Good king, bad king and then Hezekiah and chapter 29. What a beautiful passage to start one’s day. The temple, long since abandoned, is scrubbed clean, atoned for, anointed and then filled with music and songs to the Lord God. It is beautifully symbolic of the covenant we spoke of yesterday. We have long since been abandoned as our brains and bodies chase after the god of affluence, abundance and entertainment leaving our true selves barren and destitute. God quietly and continually woos us through singing birds, warm fires, deep night skies and snow-covered mountains. As our attention is slowly turned from ourselves to Him, He offers us cleansing and atonement through the sacrificial death of His Beloved Son, the Christ. At that moment of faith we are reborn, literally, and are introduced to our truest selves, the selves that are aliens in the cities, but alive in the gardens. Then our lives become increasingly sensitive to His goodness in the deep reds of our granddaughter’s hair to the softness of a spring breeze and we are filled with music and songs of praise. What’s the result of this rebirth? A Grateful Heart filled with Thanksgiving!!! Those who have ears to hear let them hear.
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| Reese Jane Benson, first grandbaby |
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