When I woke up yesterday morning, I could hear a song playing in my head. I hadn’t heard it in along time. It comes for a 1965 Broadway musical called “On a Clear Day.” Two of the crooners, back in the day, that made the song popular were Robert Goulet and Frank Sinatra.
“On a clear day, rise and look around you, and you’ll see who you are. On a clear day, it will astound you that the glow of your being outshines every star.” I was singing out loud yesterday afternoon and evening, as I was shoveling the driveway for the fifth time, trying to keep up with the hevy downfall. Seriously 🙂
It was a very light-weighted, soft, glistening snow. . .and super-white in color. Snow white. Each pass I made with the shovel revealed the black asphalt surface underneath it. Even as I made my way down the driveway, the asphalt behind me was already disappearing under the blanket of the persistent, continuing influence of the snow.
“Purge me with the purifying hyssop and I shall be clean like a new, clear day: wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. . .hide Your Face from the blackness of my sins; blot them out forever and ever.” One of the newbie Dumbo sheep, a first-timer at the meeting, is sobbing. My Lily walked over and handed her some flowers just newly-picked from the valley. Lily is holding her now, wiping her tears and whispering sweet words to her heart. Her tears are flowing like a river. . .the dam has finally burst open. For where the River flows, everything shall live. There’s such a glow about her right now. It outshines every star.
We just listened to the song. The Dumbo sheep were doing their Sinatra impersonation as they were singing along. “You’ll feel part of, every mountain, sea and shore. You can hear, from far and near, a world you’ve never heard before.” That was pretty good. Sounded just like “Old Blue Eyes.” But you should hear their Divine Personation of their Father. They sounded exactly like Him. The Spit and Polish of their Dad. They even act like Him.
“Of Him, and through Him, and to Him. . .are all things.” God is the Part and Parcel of everything. He is the Life Essence. In Him, all things live and move, and have their being. Every mountain, sea and shore. . .every man, woman and child. . .every snowflake and every shining star. Are you hearing some things that you’ve never heard before? Take heart! Faith comes by hearing new things.
“On a clear day, on a clear day: you can see forever, and ever, and ever more.” The eagles love these lyrics so much they’ve gotten the words tatooed on their hearts. It’s because they have been given eyes to see forever. They have their Father’s eyes to use as their own. They can see Him now with their own eyes. They have seen His Crown. It reads, “Forever.” Forever union with them. Eternal, predestined love for them. . .always theirs, always arriving in time at just the right moment. Blanketing their souls with a heavenly downfall. . .covering them with the Son’s snow-white robe of forgiveness and Life.
“Thus says the High and Lofty One that inhabits Eternity, whose name is Holy. I dwell in the High Place with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, who know that when they are weak, they are strong in My Strength.” I’m watching some of the more studious sheep at the meeting today as they are taking out their pens and paper to take notes. They always do that when thereis a sense that something deep is coming. They don’t want to forget what they hear. I always reassure them that whatever God wants them to remember, He writes it down on the journal of their heart, never to be forgotten.
“He inhabits Eternity.” He is continuously Living in Eternity. Everything that existed before the creation of the world, everything that has and will exist in time and everything that will come into existence after time. . .all of this is always in His present view. At this moment, He sees everything. He is infinite in His Wisdom, His Power, His Knowledge, His Presence. He occupies the universe. He can and does see “Forever, and ever, and ever more.”
Nothing is new to Him. Nothing is old. Nothing comes as a surprise. No unexpected changes. “He is the Same, yesterday, today and Forever.” On a clear day, the day of His Power, His children can see Him, Who’s name is Forever. They see what He alone can see. Eternal Love. Unconditional Love. Forgiving Love. Unmerited Love. A no-strings attached Love. A Love that falls from Heaven and covers the black asphalt of the heart. A Love that was always meant to be.
Freely given. Freely received. Free, Love.
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