There is Near and There is Far

Great Blue Heron in Flight by Dee Kamp

 

There is Near and There is Far

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God,

who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Revelation 1:8 NIV

 

I surprised a Great blue heron sitting on the rocky shores of Puget Sound last summer while looking for birds to photograph near the Kingston Ferry.  I stood still, raised up my camera, but the heron took swift flight as far and away from me as he could.

Its times like this the Lord will surprise me and whisper something in my heart I can learn from what I am witnessing.

 

I heard Him say, “You can never fly far from Me. There is near and there is far, there is now and there is forever, I am in both. I am God of yesterday, today and tomorrow. You have nothing to fear when you trust all your life to Me. I am the Alpha and the Omega-believe this to be true.”

What a beautiful picture I was able to capture of the heron in flight. And what a beautiful picture of God’s love for us that He gave to me in that instant. I think this photo must be framed and kept as a reminder of  how I can never be far and away from Him.

 

“Life in the Bible as a whole means something that is vibrant and dynamic. To speak of God as the “living God’ is to make the claim that God is actively present, here and now.”-Rebeca Manley Pippert

 

“There is Near and There is Far” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© January 14, 2015