SCRIPTURE: In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” Isaiah 6:1-5 NIV
THOUGHT: Until we see God for who he is – and that can happen in so many different ways – we cannot truly see who we are. We spend our life’s energy fighting to be significant, then, for just a moment, we forget ourselves in the presence of one so beyond us that we feel, like Isaiah, ruined. Creature meets Creator and we do the listening. Perhaps that’s just the moment needed to start a transformation that goes on into eternity, because the Creator doesn’t leave us ruined. Like Isaiah, our guilt is taken away, our sin is atoned for, and we’re given a place in the Big Story of God.
Flawed and fallen all of me, it’s not a matter of degree, when
Amy Clemens “WHOLLY OTHER HOLY ONE” 5/28/17
All your glory is revealed, the truth more blazing than the mystery
I could feel so caught, alone, ashamed and frightened, far from home; and
Stripped of ego, turn and run, but I just stare, eternally undone
Could I come closer, ‘cause
You make me forget myself; all my foolish cares and doubts,
Lost in just one glimpse of who you are.
I stop striving, worry stills; every moment comes to this
You are God and God alone — wholly other, Holy One
Silenced in Your presence, God; ravished by Your brilliance, I’m
Swallowed in the rush of grace flowing from Your throne; the
Saints and angels sing one word, more beautiful than any heard —
“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord,” Holy are you Living God, and
You make us forget ourselves; all our foolish doubts and cares,
Lost in just one glimpse of who You are.
We stop striving, worry stills; every moment comes to this
You are God and God alone –wholly other, Holy One;
Wholly other, Holy One.
PRAYER: Oh God, continue to open our eyes to the truth of who you are.
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