Earth maker

In her book 'Penguins and Golden Calves', Madeleine L'Engle mentions how she came across an unusual prayer in a book in New Zealand. In this particular prayer book, the Trinity is referred to as "Earth Maker, Pain Bearer, Life Giver."

I think it is definitely unusual, but also very intriguing. As soon as we try and pin God down through our use of language, we immediately run out of words to describe God in an adequate way. God is always going to be SO MUCH MORE than we can imagine, comprehend or describe.

Father - Creator - Author - Earth Maker
Son - Jesus - Friend - Saviour - Redeemer - Pain Bearer
Spirit - Comforter - Guide - Advocate - Life Giver

Exodus 34:10 -  "Then the Lord said: “I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you."

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God of the Mountains

I was reminded last week that the God we worship is known as "El Shaddai" in the Old Testament. This means "God Almighty" or "God All-powerful." In one translation it is loosely referred to as "God of the Mountains."

Whatever mountain you may be facing in your life at the moment, remember that we belong to El Shaddai - God of ALL the mountains. El Shaddai is the Almighty God, the King of kings and Lord of lords. We can "summit" the mountains in our lives because we know that Christ has already conquered the greatest mountain of all.

As David writes: 

Psalm 97:5 – “The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.”

  May these words offer you a blessing today...

      

     Genesis 49:25 – “…by the God of your father, who will help you, by El Shaddai, who will bless you with blessings from heaven above.”

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