Monday, October 4, 2010

Always Seeing Him

"…in the midst of the cloudy stormy morning—Bright Day…"


This has to be a song… At least to me these verses written by a young Christian brother in Indonesia resonate within my spirit like holy chant where divine scripture fills every word.

How wonderful it is when our eyes always set on Him
and closely follow behind Him!
and by...


always seeing Him,
we see the assurance of our faith
and the radiant hope glows so brightly,
always seeing Him,
we are transformed to be like Himself,

always seeing Him,
we are realizing the vanity of earthly wealth and glory,
always seeing Him,
we are convinced that there is no power
nor anything can separate Him from us,
always seeing Him,
we come to know that no other Beauty and Power can compare to His,

always seeing Him,
we then be enabled to chant
in the midst of the cloudy, stormy morning—Bright Day,
always seeing Him,
we have the courage to cross the river in the darkest night,

always seeing Him,
we are cheerful sheep among the foxes
’cause we trust and know Who is guarding us,
always seeing Him,
we come healed, saved and alive, because He is Risen,
always seeing Him,
we encounter Most High God and our beloved neighbor
since He is perfect Man and Perfect God,

always seeing Him,
we joyfully follow Him through the narrow way
and bearing our lovely crosses go up to Golgotha…

— Yudi Kristanto

And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
Mark 4:8 KJV

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children."
Matthew 11:25 NIV

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Romanos!

I just wanted to come over and say hello. It has been a long time and I hope you're doing well.

I am lately, as always, very busy. I get to post blog posts here and there because I have this "word-type" software that I can just write into and post directly to blogs. Most of the time I don't even sign into my AA ID (well, because I don't have to).

I do however read all of your comments and appreciate them a lot.

Thank you for visiting my blog and giving my posts a read here and there.

Talk to you soon.

God bless you.

Unknown said...

Dear Romanos & Yudhie, thank you so much for this post! This morning [and very often] I stood before my favorite Icon of St. Gabriel the Archangel ["the Angel with the golden hair"]and once again [& again!] marveled and shared in his own constant loving gaze at Christ!
THAT is what I love about this Icon: the eyes ALWAYS gazing forever in love! Perhaps you could share that Icon with the rest [the bust]?
I love to give this Icon to whoever will receive it in love. St. Gabriel's devotion is such a powerful witness.