This week we begin worship with:
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”
Just as these greatest of celestial beings, the seraphim, cover their face with their folded wings in humility in the presence of God, we too fold our hands and close our eyes when we pray, for as we do, we enter the very throne room of God.
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
It would be appropriate that in our prayers today that we also mimic them and declare the immensity and purity of the glory that we see all around us. For, just as the train of His robe fills the celestial temple, so too does God's glory fill our terrestrial home.
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