On the mountain

Sorry for the delay in posting this morning. I have been on a 4 day, 25 mile hike with 16 men from the church since last thursday.  Frankly I am beyond tired, but supremely satisfied and grateful.  Our God is a God who rescues the lost, heals the broken and delivers the captives.  I watched him do this again this weekend among a group of his sons.  We certainly met with God on the mountain and He met with us in remarkable ways… So it is gratifying to come home to the reading in Mark 9. It is a new testament theophany — a revelation of God — who he really is.  “Jesus took Peter, James and John with him to the top of a high mountain where they were alone.  There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them.”  In Luke’s account (chap 9 also), we’re told that “his face changed and his clothes became brighter than lightning.”  It’s a glimpse of Jesus in his glory. As we will see him one day when we are face to face with him, marveling in the wonder of his beauty and majesty.  For now, we get glimpses…like when he heals someone’s broken heart, when a sinner is forgiven, when shame is broken off a life, when a marriage is restored, when forgiveness is given to someone who doesn’t deserve it, when bitterness is melted, when peace and  joy pour out….when the wonder of grace sets in.  That’s what I saw Jesus do this weekend on a mountain. May you be blessed today…