We knew the staghorn was blooming again. The shock of seeing it as we drove in after walking our little dog in the forestry, with sunlight and shadows dancing across the hillside caused me to think of the Biblical Word BEHOLD!.
In the Bible when this word was used in the original text for me it always meant more than just look or pay attention. It has a Divine or gobsmacked (modern Divinely important. terminology) quality about it.
This word behold was only used eight times in the King James Version/New King James Study Bible but every Time has a quality of much more than attention seeking or look at this.
The scriptures are: Ecc.11:7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun,
(know that the sun is God’s Holy indication the night is over and the new day begun.) This has profound implication in our lives where storms and heartaches can be a normal road we follow. ‘But after the darkness the sun always rises again).
The verb behold means ‘to see or observe someone or something of remarkable or an impressive nature. The synonyms somehow to me do not reflect in a Biblical concept The Glory of God in the ordinary.
The eight times the word behold is used in scripture ecc:11:7, Song of Sol:1:15, Is: 7:14, Isa:40:9 ,
John 1:36 John 17:24, John 19:5, 1:John 3:1
My favourites John 1 36 Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. I believe John the Baptist was Gobsmacked when he saw his cousin walking towards him Suddenly, he had a revelation.
Look! Somehow does not express the shock of the moment.
1 John 3;1 has the same shocked overtones of reality. Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God, Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
Be Blessed in this day and meditate on what you can BEHOLD or marvel in your life that takes your breath away not just grabs your attention.
LIVE ABUNDANTLY WITH HIM AND FOR HIM IN THE NOW.
PASSIONATE CREATIVE CHRISTIAN 
Really love this particularization of the word, Behold!
Although I usually prefer the ESV, the KJV’s “Behild” always did seem to convey something more than, “hey, look at this.” 🙂
That said, it has also been MANY years since I read the word, “gobsmacked!”
THAT brings almost as profound a sense as “Behold‼️“
❤️&🙏, c.a.
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