1/25/13- Goodness, Truth, and Beauty

For the Lord God is a sun and a shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. (Psalm 84:11)

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. (James 1:17)

Thoughts: Blessing comes from the Great Blesser.  That we have many gifts is a sign that there is a Giver.  To Him we owe thanks and worship.  He is the author of truth- for He is the ultimate truth.  There is nothing more real than the source of all reality.  He who created the colors, the diamonds, the majestic mountains, the brilliant birds and flowers is the source of all beauty.  God is the source of all that is good- truth, beauty, and goodness.  How do we know beauty but with the eyes and senses that God gave us to judge.  How do we know truth but with the discernment of God.  Goodness too is defined not by majority vote or by fickle feeling- but by the One who created all things. The One who created all knows how it is best run, and what is ultimately good for creation is also ultimately good for God who created it.  God defines good by Himself and His holiness.

Prayer: Thank you, O Lord, for your blessings in life- goodness, truth, and beauty- that radiates from your throne- your presence.

Mysteries
A. Trinity
The triune nature of God is the first great mystery of the Christian
faith. With Christians everywhere, we worship the only
true God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - who is both one
essence and three persons. God is infinite, eternal, immutable,
impassible, and ineffable. He cannot be divided against
Himself, nor is He becoming more than He has been, since
there is no potential or becoming in Him. He is the source
of all goodness, all truth and all beauty, of all love and all life,
omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. The three persons
are consubstantial with one another, being both coeternal,
and coequal, such that there are not three gods, nor are there
three parts of God, but rather three persons within the one
Godhead. The Son is eternally begotten from the Father, and
the Spirit proceeds eternally from the Father and the Son. All
three persons are worthy of worship and praise