²⁸Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. ²⁹And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. ³⁰Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. ³¹They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. ³²Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. ³³Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah” — not knowing what he said. ³⁴While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. ³⁵Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!” ³⁶When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.

³⁷On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. ³⁸Just then a man from the crowd shouted, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child. ³⁹Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all at once he shrieks. It convulses him until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him. ⁴⁰I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.” ⁴¹Jesus answered, “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.” ⁴²While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. ⁴³And all were astounded at the greatness of God.

• Light a candle to remember Christ’s presence with you.
• Sit five to fifteen minutes in silence bringing your attention to the Breath.
• Let your attention rest on the veil over your face that separates you from the light of God.
• This veil keeps you from receiving the fullness of God’s light and love.
• Seek within you the hidden things, the shame, the guilt, the burdens that are keeping you behind the veil.
• As you name these things, notice how God is lifting the veil from your face to receive light and love.
• Rest in the light and love.
• Like Moses, the veil keeps people from seeing the glory of God on your face.
• What light and love of God do you wish to emanate as you go into the world today?
• What is your message from God?
• Give thanks to God for this time in prayer and for any new insights you have received.
• Share as you feel led in the reply box below.

Psalm 99:1-9

¹   The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble!
He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!
²   The LORD is great in Zion;
he is exalted over all the peoples.
³   Let them praise your great and awesome name.
Holy is he!
⁴  Mighty King, lover of justice,
you have established equity;
you have executed justice
and righteousness in Jacob.
⁵   Extol the LORD our God;
worship at his footstool.
Holy is he!

⁶   Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samuel also was among those who called on his name.
They cried to the LORD, and he answered them.
⁷   He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;
they kept his decrees,
and the statutes that he gave them.

⁸   O LORD our God, you answered them;
you were a forgiving God to them,
but an avenger of their wrongdoings.
⁹   Extol the LORD our God,
and worship at his holy mountain;
for the LORD our God is holy.

• Light a candle to remember Christ’s presence with you.
• Sit five to fifteen minutes in silence bringing your attention to the Breath.
• Sit at God’s footstool.
• Worship at God’s holy mountain.
• Worship with God on the holy mountain.
• Notice the view and all that you can see.
• Invite the question you desire God to answer today.
• Be in God’s presence to listen, to hear, to see, to taste, to touch, to know.
• Notice the view and all that you can sense.
• Sit and be.  Let the words arise from within you.
• What is your message from God?
• Give thanks to God for this time in prayer and for any new insights you have received.
• Share as you feel led in the reply box below.

²⁹Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. ³⁰When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. ³¹But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke with them. ³²Afterward all the Israelites came near, and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. ³³When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face; ³⁴but whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would take the veil off, until he came out; and when he came out, and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, ³⁵the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of his face was shining; and Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.