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Reminders of Our Heavenly Home, September 1
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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