God's Prism

God's Prism

Last summer we had rearranged our living room so we could have shabbat service with the most friends and family. We had taken out all the furniture except the sofa, loveseat, chair and lamps. I had moved our buffet to the the south wall so we could use it for the challah bread, the kosher wine and the beautiful vases that we used to for salt and oil. One morning I was feeling sad and discouraged. I just wanted to pull the covers over my head and stay in bed. I had real heartaches and real reasons for feeling overwhelmed and overwhelmed is just what I felt.

I heard the gentle voice of Abba saying "Get up" and I knew He meant both physically and spiritually. Knowing that the feeling of hopelessness was just growing stronger, I knew I needed to obey and start this day. I walked out of my bedroom and into the living room where we had just had Shabbat service the night before. What I saw took my breath away. The room was covered in sparkling lights from the ceiling to the floor and all over the walls. Tiny reflections of light of every color danced all over the room. I called for Marc to come in quick and see this marvelous sight. In the few seconds it took him to get there the amazing spectacle was already fading. And then it was gone. The sun had come through the storm door and reflected off of the regular door handle and had bounced off the beautiful shabbat vase that contained the salt. And then the light show had begun. And God displayed all the colors of the light and used the vase as a prism to display His Glory.

It had to be the perfect moment of daylight savings time and open doors and angles and door knobs and perfectly placed Shabbat vases. It had to be an obedient heart and it had to be God setting up a moment of perfect joy and perfect assurance that He saw and He knew and He was present. For days I tried to recreate with the sunlight and the doors and the vase the sparkling lights and I never was able to get it just right. Because sometime's God's prism is just for the perfect moment. This is Pastor Susan living the Every Day Prophetic Life.