With God At Dawn

While the wind is itself invisible, it produces effects that are seen and felt. So the work of the Spirit upon the soul will reveal itself in every act of him who has felt it's saving power.

The cherubim of the earthly sanctuary looking reverently down upon the mercy seat, represent the interest with which the heavenly Host contemplate the work of redemption. This is the mystery of Mercy into which Angels desire to look, that God can be just while he justifies the repenting sinner.

God placed Adam in a garden. This was his dwelling. The blue heavens were its dome; the earth, with its delicate flowers and carpet of living green, was its floor, and the leafy branches of the goodly trees or its canopy.

He who set The starry worlds on high, and tinted with delicate skill the flowers of the field, who filled the earth and the heavens with the wonders of his power, when he came to crown his glorious work, to place one in the midst to stand as ruler of the fair earth, did not fail to create a being worthy of the hand that gave him life.

In prayer we enter the audience chamber of the Most High; and we should come before him with holy awe. The Angels veil their faces in his presence. How much more should we, finite sinful beings, come in a reverent manner before the Lord, our maker!

Eve was created from a rib taken from the side of Adam, signifying that she was not to control him as the head, nor to be trampled under his feet as an inferior, but to stand by his side as an equal, to be loved and protected by him.

In the natural world, God has placed in the hands of the children of Men the key to unlock the treasure House of his word. The unseen is illustrated by the seen; Divine wisdom, eternal truth, infinite grace, are understood by the things that God has made.

The same creative energy that brought the world into existence is still exerted in upholding the universe and continuing the operations of nature. Every breath every heartbeat is God's power keeping you alive.

The swallow and the crane observe the changes of the seasons. They are obedient to the laws which govern their life. But the beings formed in the image of God fail to honor him by obeying the laws of nature.

Only the love that flows from the heart of Christ can heal. Only he in whom that love flows, even as the sap in the tree or the blood in the body, can restore the wounded soul.