Aah! Doesn't it feel good to see all that lovely green--summer? I posted this picture today to help you remember that this is what spring and summer look like. It is coming. God even told Noah, "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." And God keeps His promises. Whew.

Let's talk about another sort of glory today. In Exodus 28, when God is instructing Moses about the high priest and his role, He says this: "And you shall make holy garments for Aaron you brother, for glory and for beauty."

God's glory was going to be shown through His servants who interceded for the sinful Israelites. And while Aaron and his sons were sinners who themselves needed intercession, yet while they were ritually clean and dressed in the holy garments, they represented God as priests. So their clothes needed to be glorious and beautiful.

Now think with me about Jesus, our final high priest, and His garments as He interceded for us on the cross. No garments. None needed. He was Himself glory and beauty. "He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high", the writer of Hebrews tells us. He is enough.

As we celebrate His redemption of us this weekend, let's remember and live the truth that He is enough. And He has crowned us with His steadfast love and faithfulness. Amen and amen.