Amaranthine Flux
“Amaranthine” is one of my most favorite words. It is an adjective derived from an ancient word that means “Eternal,” “Everlasting,” or “Undying.” It is also associated with the amaranth plant and its color, which ranges from a reddish-purple to a vibrant pink. I was first introduced to an almost identical variation of this word by an Enya song called “Amarantine,” which resonated with me like a worship song. That may not have been her musical intent at all, but I have always associated amaranthine as a name of God. The Amaranthine God. The eternal God. The God of everlasting love.
The word “Amaranthine” resonated with me as a description of color as well. I never associated myself as being a very visually artistic person or being color-oriented, but God has in the past spoken to me through color, through His vibrancy in the world. It’s like being able to see His fingerprints in a finger-painting. And the idea of God being a vibrant, colorful, yet deeply symbolic and meaningful God also deeply resonates with me.
Thirdly, the connection with the amaranth plant speaks to me of the God of His creation. The creator of the earth and everything in it. Even this plant, and everything that it is, and everything that it does, and everything that it expresses of God for having been made by Him.
So, a name of God for me is the Amaranthine God.
I am also drawn to contradictions or juxtapositions. The idea of constant flux seems to me a contradiction. “Constant,” on the one hand, communicates something unchanging, or unending. Yet “flux,” on the other hand, is dynamic and ever-changing. I love that. Even moreso, the idea of Amaranthine Flux, which to me is a picture of the God of eternal, everlasting love, yet also a God who is spontaneous and creative and improvisatory.
AnnA
I am the homo sapien of this operation, and fellow sojourner through life.
I like boba tea, and weird foods. I like adverse weather, horseback riding, mountain climbing, and the great outdoors in general. I’m an introvert, but I like being on stage in front of people. I also make music.
But beyond all of that, I’m on a journey to know God the way He designed me to know Him – to find His nature that supersedes yet inspires the natural.
What’s This All About?
God’s nature and characteristics are inexhaustible. For now, I am looking at His characteristics in the atmosphere to find something new about Him – how about you? Do you know your God? I am hoping that in my own explorations, I will not only have new truths of God and the atmosphere to share with the body of Christ, but that I will also inspire others to find their own anchors of who God is that transcends our earthly experience.