In the Word: Warm Glory

Welcome to Hope Mommies In the Word devotionals. Over the next few weeks, we will be meditating on Psalm 19 together. As we study these truths together, we’d love you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you dig into God’s Word each week with us! 

“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.”
Psalm 19:1-6

READ:

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?”

– John Rippon, 1787

Does the world, its decay and depravity, feel heavy to you today? Think of the sun that warms the world with its heat—it warms you now too. Our God lives, and His glory is still around us. Colossians tells us that He sustains it all: “For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:16-17). He sustains you, even in every strained inhale and exhausted exhale, and even when breaths are sobs and eyes yield tears. He sustains your baby’s life this minute too—a heavenly life enjoying God’s glory in person.

You and I see evidences of God’s glory around us, even in a post-fall world, because God created it. Yet, perhaps acknowledging the beauty of this world feels to you like a betrayal of your baby. Maybe you think to yourself, Why should I enjoy any of this world when my child did not live to see it? As you pray through this, consider—you and your child both benefit from the glory of God right now, though in different ways. You share in this together. Even if you cannot bring yourself to enjoy it quite yet, rest and know that the glory of God in creation still surrounds you, even today.

REFLECT:

1. What evidences of God’s glory can you see in your life right now?
2. How does the truth that you are your beloved child(ren) are both benefiting from the glory of God right now encourage your grieving heart?

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