Moses comes down off the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant or the Ten Commandments as we know them. He has been in the presence of God and as such, his face shines. God changes us when we realize that we have been in his presence. Like Peter, sometimes we feel inept and ask God to get away from our sinful selves. Sometimes we know we are blessed, and our faces radiate his love, his joy, his peace. We see God in the ordinary, in the love of a child or a stranger helping another. It may be in the magnificent; a storm, or a person healed of a disease or deformity. God changes us as we see him. Where have you seen God lately?
The Psalmist says that he will sing the praises of God. I love to sing, songs from Sunday School, hymns, and contempory Christian songs...
God promises to send a forerunner to the Messiah, who will prepare the way by cleansing the people as a refiner would use fire...
In Jeremiah, we hear God's command to sing, proclaim and give praise for God is about to bring the remnant of Israel back together. ...