1 John 1:1-2

1 John 1: 1-2 From the very first day, we were there, taking it all in--we heard it with our own ears, saw it with our own eyes, verified it with our own hands. The Word of Life appeared right before our eyes; we saw it happen! (The Message)

As I read this tonight, the words - 'saw it with our own eyes' and 'appeared right before our eyes; we saw it happen' - shot out at me like I was the target of God's awesomeness.

After I've dropped Nicholas off at home after school, I have to go West on I-393 to get to my house. And every night about 4 PM (when the sun is setting) there is a spectacular show in the sky. For example, tonight, the clouds were very large, dark and ominous looking, full of wind. Behind the clouds, the sun's fiery reddish/orange color was peaking like a flame over the top of each one of them, just showing a little bit and amongst all that, a clear blue sky. And through the middle of that blue sky, flew a jet leaving a white streak behind it.

Verses 3 & 4 says, 'We saw it, we heard it and now we're telling you so you can experience with the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ. Our motive for writing is simply this: We want you to enjoy this too. Your joy will double our joy!" (The Message)

It's hard to describe what I saw in words, but I know only God could have created that and no one else. I also have a motive in writing about this - so you can check it out sometime and hopefully what you see will go deep inside of you.

And verse 2 ends with 'And now we're telling you in most sober prose that what we witnessed was, incredibly this: The infinite Life of God himself took shape before us.'

Well, the infinite Life of God took shape before me tonight.

Nancy