Veiled Glory

Paint Mines, Calhan, Colorado

We know that the sun is present in this picture, but its form is veiled. The clouds have changed the appearance of the sun as it sets over the eastern plains of Colorado.

"O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens." Psalm 8:1 English Standard Version

King David declares that God's majesty fills all the world, yet the earth cannot contain the fullness of God's glory. We can see his glory in the things that God has made, yet we can never fully comprehend God's glory through creation.

This idea that God's glory is "above the heavens" reminds us that we cannot fully comprehend the nature of God. By definition God must be beyond human intellect or he is no longer God. If we could grasp the glory of God then we could put him in our human box. God cannot be boxed.

However, God can create the parameters in which he chooses to operate. He chose to save us through the gift of his Son, God in human flesh.  He chooses to reveal himself to us in his Word. He chooses to dwell close to his creation even in the expanse of the universe.

At the same time, God is far beyond our comprehension. Though we see his glory as through a veil, we will never fully comprehend the nature of God...and that is how it ought to be.

As you view the glory of God's created sun, may you also see God's glory through the gift of his Son Jesus Christ even if you can't fully comprehend this glory.

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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2013 Douglas P. Brauner.  ARR.