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Reminders Of Our Heavenly Home, April 21
Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of
heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the
seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of
heaven worshippeth thee.
Nehemiah 9:6
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There is beauty in the valley’s awful grandeur, in the solemn, massive, cleft
rocks; there is majesty in the towering mountains that look as if they touched the
heavens. There are the lofty trees with their delicately formed leaves; the spires of
grass, the opening bud and blossoming flower, the forest trees, and every living
thing. They all point the mind to the great and living God. Every faculty of our
being testifies that there is a living God, and we may learn from the open book of
nature the most precious lessons in regard to the Lord of heaven.
In this study the mind expands, is elevated and uplifted, and becomes hungry
to know more of God and His majesty. We have awakened in our hearts feelings
not only of reverence and awe but of love, of faith, of trust and entire dependence
upon One who is the giver of all good. And as I look at His marvelous works and
see the evidences of His power I instinctively inquire, “What is man that thou art
mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?”
Psalm 8:4
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All the greatness and glory of these wonderful things in God’s house can only
be appreciated as they are, in the mind, associated with God and the future home
of bliss He is preparing for those who love Him....While we talk freely of other
countries, why should we be reticent in regard to the heavenly country, and the
house not built with hands, eternal in the heavens? This heavenly country is of
more consequence to us than any other city or country on the globe, therefore we
should think and talk of this better—even an heavenly—country. And why should
we not converse more earnestly, and in a heavenly frame of mind, in regard to
God’s gifts in nature? He has made all these things, and designs that we shall see
God in His created works. These things are to keep God in our remembrance and
to lift our hearts from sensual things and bind them in bonds of love and gratitude
to our Creator.
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