'But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.”'
- Exodus 33:20
Went to South Padre Island today with some of the residents. It's a really nice beach. It's kinda weird - like one minute you're in kind of the middle of nowhere in the Valley and the next you're at this world class resort destination. It was pretty cool.
Anyway, all those speeches that you hear about how important it is to wear sunscreen has been getting to me lately. In the past I haven't been a very sunscreeny-type person; I've mostly put a lot of faith in my genes. But I got bit wiser and also figure my DNA-repair capabilities probably weren't what they used to be, so I decided to really lather it up this time, especially since I got burned pretty bad last time in Hawaii. Which got me thinking, that's so weird that the sun burns you. This is the thing that provides light so we can see, the thing that everything revolves around, and the thing that without which there would be no life on Earth. And this source of life will 1) blind you if you look at it directly, and 2) will burn you and eventually kill you if you stay in it directly for too long. Is it a coincidence that this exactly mirrors the way that God describes his glory?
As David says in Psalm 19:
"The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork."
- Exodus 33:20
Went to South Padre Island today with some of the residents. It's a really nice beach. It's kinda weird - like one minute you're in kind of the middle of nowhere in the Valley and the next you're at this world class resort destination. It was pretty cool.
Anyway, all those speeches that you hear about how important it is to wear sunscreen has been getting to me lately. In the past I haven't been a very sunscreeny-type person; I've mostly put a lot of faith in my genes. But I got bit wiser and also figure my DNA-repair capabilities probably weren't what they used to be, so I decided to really lather it up this time, especially since I got burned pretty bad last time in Hawaii. Which got me thinking, that's so weird that the sun burns you. This is the thing that provides light so we can see, the thing that everything revolves around, and the thing that without which there would be no life on Earth. And this source of life will 1) blind you if you look at it directly, and 2) will burn you and eventually kill you if you stay in it directly for too long. Is it a coincidence that this exactly mirrors the way that God describes his glory?
As David says in Psalm 19:
"The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork."
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