Majesty

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Caitlin here … The topic for today: The Majesty of God.
Someone once described it to me as an “Imposing Grandeur.”  For example, if you have ever visited Yosemite National Park, have stood at the top of Sentinel Dome looking over the valley, or ever been lucky enough to go up Half Dome; I must ask if you felt a tingle of fear, but could not make yourself move to a place where you would be safer for fear of not being able to soak up all the beauty around you. You felt a tinge of fear, because you realized that you are so small in comparison to your surroundings. It was so beautiful, but you realized that something could seriously go wrong here if you took one false step. Some call it a respect for nature; I call it majesty.
For you city rats if you have ever been on a ledge of a high building you may have felt the same thing. For me it was the Seattle Space Needle. I was looking down and felt that tinge of fear, but I could not pull myself away from the view. I wanted to take in everything around me, but could not shake this overwhelming fear that something bad could happen.
That is how I try to view God, in all his Majesty and Holiness. It is a constant struggle to keep my eyes turned toward him, but just think how amazing it would be: to be so awe-inspired and struck by his beauty. That would be an awesome way to live your life, to be constantly consumed by this feeling.
I want to challenge you all to seek out those times when you feel that beautiful fear. For me, it is in those times when I’m standing so close to so much beauty with that tiny touch of fear that I really feel God’s Majesty. I mean how amazing is the natural world?! Just take something like a tree, if you really watch it, it will reveal to you so many wondrous things hidden that you would not otherwise see in passing. Then take something as grand as Yosemite Valley, so beautifully sculpted by glaciers at his will.
Now for the pictures this week, they were both taken at Spencer’s Butte, here in Eugene. In both these pictures I had been sitting just feeling everything around me, bringing peace to my life during times of stress. Nature is such a beautiful remedy when you approach it in awe of God’s amazing will.