THE INTENSE GLORY OF GOD

THE INTENSE GLORY OF GOD


We have some BEAUTIFUL churches-
In this world=Catholic and Christian=
And some beautiful TEMPLES and mosques


GOD can live anywhere=
ESPECIALLY in our HEARTS


The one thing in COMMON
In all these churches-
Temples- and mosques


Is that it is an ATTEMPT
To express
The INTENSE GLORY OF GOD


“John said=an ANGEL showed me
The river of LIFE-GIVING water-
sparkling like crystal


FLOWING from the THRONE of God
And on the LAMB-
Down the middle of the street........” Revelation 22:1-2


The INTENSE GLORY of God!


Our BEST human efforts
Can't capture God's glory
And even John's APPEALING VISION
Only hints at it


But we TRUST in
The GLORY of God
And trust in GOD'S PROMISES


“Lord=our Lord
How majestic is your name
In all the earth!


You have set your GLORY
In the heavens” Psalm 8:1


“And the GLORY of the Lord
Will be revealed


And all people
Will SEE it together
For the mouth of the Lord
Has spoken” Isaiah 40:5


“He received honor and GLORY
From the Father
When the voice
Came to him
From the majestic GLORY-saying


'This is my SON
Whom I love
With whom I am well PLEASED'” 2 Peter 1:17


For ALL the outer GLORY
Shown in churches-cathedrals-
Temples-and mosques


It is the INNER GLORY
Of God=the reflection
IN our hearts
That God wants to see


And so as
We JOURNEY through life
We are drawn by the
GLORY OF GOD


And we attempt
With our lives and
With our hearts
To try to REFLECT
The GLORY OF GOD


“As water
REFLECTS the face
So ONE'S LIFE
REFLECTS the heart” Proverbs 27:19


Dear Lord=as ADVENT season
Comes closer


Let your GLORY
SHINE in our hearts
And all through


OUR churches-temples-and mosques


In Jesus' name=and in the NAME
Of our ALMIGHTY=our all LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
12-1-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn