COLORS OF JOY
Today's reading: Exodus 26-27, Matthew 21:28-46, Psalm 31:19-24

"Across the inside of the Tabernacle hang a special curtain made of fine linen, with cherubim skillfully embroidered into the cloth using blue, purple and scarlet yarn." Exodus 26:31 NLT

It hit me this morning...why did God put such detail into the Tabernacle?

A nomadic tent?

Amidst a group of dusty, weary, often murmuring campers?

When He knew something grander would be built that still couldn't contain Him?

Built during a 40 year lesson on living?

Maybe it was to see how closely the Israelites would follow orders.

Maybe it was just to fill up a few pages of the Book He knew would be in print one day.

Maybe it was to utilize a few of the older widow women who He felt needed jobs in order to feel a part of the community.

Maybe it was simply because God knew in the middle of that neutral palette of desert wilderness, a few splashes of color would be needed.

Color that would only be seen as they entered into this sacred place.

Color that would provide a little joy for the journey.

He still does that, doesn't He?

He provides the rainbow after the storm. The smile after the long day. The clouds that make you giggle as you see various things in them. The kids you pass on the playground. The neighbor's wave. The light on the porch.

The 'colors' of His presence are everywhere...be looking for them.