Living in God's Glory

This new knowledge is sometimes expressed in the form of divine states with which a man was hitherto unacquainted. sometimes, it surges to his lips in the form of words of supplication that he had never conceived before. sometimes, a previously concealed secret of God’s wisdom becomes apparent to him. sometimes, he attains unknown degrees of proximity to God. sometimes, a profound new understanding of truth is inspired within him, which all the words he knows are inadequate to express. THINGS LOSE THEIR NOVELTY We should look at God’s creation around us with great wonder. However, we should not lose our sense of awe and gratitude simply because familiarity has taken the edge off our awareness. When opened, it was like a small tent, and when shut, it was all curiously joined and would fold up to the length of a man’s arm.” if you have not already guessed, this curious description applies to the umbrella as we know it today. however, no one nowadays finds it necessary to describe an umbrella or express any astonishment over it because it is now such a commonplace object. however, when it was first manufactured in london in 1749, it seemed such a strange, new, wonderful contrivance that it caused great excitement. an invention that aroused even greater awe was the hand pump which was installed for the first time in