We use glyphs every day to show an idea, thought or word in emojis:
thumbs up, praying hands, smiley face or hearts.
Similarly, a glyph may be an inscribed pictograph, like what I saw engraved on
rock faces at Saguaro National Park West in Picture Rocks, Arizona.
Nephi’s name, shown on Stela 5 at Izapa, Chiapas, Mexico is a seated scribe.
I relate to that image as I sit in my revelatory recliner.
The word Nephi means grain or maize after what he brought by a ship
he built and sailed to the new world.
Legends are stories of old that become imbedded in a society.
Lehi’s glyph means jawbone. He opens his mouth to speak
the inspired words of prophet.
What is your glyph?
Mine is a bee; like Deborah of old, whose name means bee,
she sat under a palm tree.
My palm trees grow in the courtyard and I view them through
glass patio sliding doors.
My tent is an apartment on the ground floor of a huge complex.
Now, I sit, I write and create.
I am a keeper of records, more digitally, no longer on paper.
What do my psalms bring to the world; what “small means” of these
can the Lord use to bring about great things?
Understanding the past brings the present into focus and makes
the future a little clearer. Is that prophecy?
Oh Lord hear the words of my mouth.
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| My tent and palm trees in the desert |
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