Naddir Kavod

"On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate." 

-Psalm 145:5

Naddir Kavod is the name for God meaning majestic glory. The Hebrew word for glory is kavod which means "weightiness". Glory refers to the weight of magnificence, splendor or beauty that surrounds an esteemed person, in this case, God. How often do you meditate on God's glory? Are you captivated by his beauty? The writers of the bible were:

"Out of the north comes golden splendor. God is clothed with awesome majesty" 
- Job 37:22


"The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty"
-Psalm 93:1


"In that day the LORD of hosts will be a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people"
-Isaiah 28:5


"Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary"
-Psalm 96:6


"Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty"
-Psalm 104:1


We as humans are created to pursue that which we find most attractive. We often become distracted from pursuing a relationship with God because we do not adequately see and grasp the true beauty of God. When we fail to recognize His beauty is when we become enthralled with lesser things such as clothes, cars, houses, riches, fame, personal appearance, fitness, relationships and short-term pleasures. As C.S. Lewis put it; our desires are "too weak".

                   We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when                
                   infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a 
                  slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are 
                  far too easily pleased.
                                                 -The Weight of Glory


I know I don't want to settle for the lesser things in this world. I want to be enthralled with the glory and beauty of my creator. The things of this world do not compare. I want to be like David and pursue the beauty of the Lord. "On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works I will meditate" Psalm 145:5/Psalm 27:4


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Yahweh Borey (LORD Creator)

"In His hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is His for He made it, and his hands formed the dry land" 

-Psalm 95:4-5

Have you ever taken time to really focus on creation, to learn about it and reflect on it? We all have those moments where we are driving and the sun is setting in the distance and we think, "wow how beautiful". Or when the sun is hidden behind the clouds and its rays are peeking around the edges and seem to touch the ground. We have had those moments at the beach where we realize how big the ocean really truly is. When you experience those moments, what do you do? 

I recently researched the blue whale. I was studying God as creator and his mighty power. This is what I found:

1. The blue whale is the largest mammal and the largest animal on the planet. 

2. It ranges from 90-100 feet long.

3. The blue whale weighs 100 tons (that is aprox. 15 elephants).

4. A baby blue whale weighs 3 tons at birth. The baby consumes 100 gal of milk per day

5. The baby blue whale gains 200 pounds per day or 8 pounds an hour and grows 1.5 inches a day.

6. The blue whale eats 4 tons of food each day.

7. The blue whale even weighing 100 tons, can swim 30 mph.

8. The heart of a blue whale weighs 100 lbs and has 14,000 lbs of blood circulating

9. The heart is the size of a volkswagon bug car and a human could crawl through the aorta of a blue whale

10. The blue whale can dive down to 350 ft and stay there for about an hour. It breathes through its blowholes that shoot a stream of water 40-50 feet into the air. 

Mind blown yet? Mine was. It's crazy how just a little bit of research will give you an entirely new perspective on the creativity, genius, enthusiasm and power of God. 

Blue Whale word game!!

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