"He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow."
Psalms 147:15-18
This is an interesting set of verses discussing God's word and his weather. :) The coolest part I think is the interaction between them. We know that Christ calmed the wind and the waves, but this talks about the weather obeying God's commandments, sending out snow and ice and cold, and his word also melts them, and the juxtaposition of his word running swiftly and the waters flowing I think makes the idea hit home that maybe on some level we don't always get, these aren't really separate things. God's word is everything around us... giving life and light and power to all of it. It is nature and weather, and all the rest... not something standing apart from it, but all is one in God.
It's hard to feel that unity of all things even though God tells us that all things will work together for the good of those that love God... we just kind of blow that off and think that we'll lead charmed lives if we're good. But it isn't just the "good" things that work together... it's things that we sometimes see as bad, like death... and snow. :) We're individuals, and God is too. But he is part of everything in a way that we can't fully grasp, except maybe on a Star Wars "force" level. :) And all of those things together make up what God knows and are part of him, as he is a part of everything.
Today, let's work on faith in God's will and his timing. We can't do words *or* weather like God can. Let's reach out to him... surely he can help us with what we are going through as well. :)
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow."
Psalms 147:15-18
This is an interesting set of verses discussing God's word and his weather. :) The coolest part I think is the interaction between them. We know that Christ calmed the wind and the waves, but this talks about the weather obeying God's commandments, sending out snow and ice and cold, and his word also melts them, and the juxtaposition of his word running swiftly and the waters flowing I think makes the idea hit home that maybe on some level we don't always get, these aren't really separate things. God's word is everything around us... giving life and light and power to all of it. It is nature and weather, and all the rest... not something standing apart from it, but all is one in God.
It's hard to feel that unity of all things even though God tells us that all things will work together for the good of those that love God... we just kind of blow that off and think that we'll lead charmed lives if we're good. But it isn't just the "good" things that work together... it's things that we sometimes see as bad, like death... and snow. :) We're individuals, and God is too. But he is part of everything in a way that we can't fully grasp, except maybe on a Star Wars "force" level. :) And all of those things together make up what God knows and are part of him, as he is a part of everything.
Today, let's work on faith in God's will and his timing. We can't do words *or* weather like God can. Let's reach out to him... surely he can help us with what we are going through as well. :)
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