Glimpses of God
Matthew 17:1-13
Illustration
by John Bedingfield

When I first heard Chet Atkins play guitar, it made me want to be a better guitar player. The intricate way that he played made me want to learn his style and to try to make a guitar sound that way myself. But the first time I heard B.B. King play guitar, one simple note at a time, hung out in the air, sighing breathlessly or screaming in pain, it made my heart hurt – and it made me want to ease the pain that caused that sound.  When I see the babies who are brought to the altar rail here, I have to smile at them.  They make me want to hold them and to tell them how beautiful they are. But when I saw my own children as babies, they made me want to be a better person, so that I could be what they deserved as a father. These glimpses of God, whether Chet Atkins, BB King, or babies, call us to alter our lives and to begin to see and do things differently.

ChristianGlobe Networks, Inc., Adapted from Little Epiphanies, by John Bedingfield