Then a day later (trying to remember exactly where I'd stood to take the picture above),
I snapped this one…
What a difference a day makes! The same view––one dark and stormy, the other brilliant sunshine. Isn't that a pretty fair analogy for life and our oftentimes
skewed perspective on things? When I look at these pictures, I think of what Paul
said in I Corinthians 13:11-13…
"Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then
we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now
knows me completely."
we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now
knows me completely."
I look at the first picture and I'm reminded that this world is, as C.S. Lewis stated
so aptly, theshadowlands. And when I look at the second, I think of what it will be
like to someday have all the shadows of this world removed. To some day stand
before the Lord Jesus and truly see him. With perfect clarity. In all his glory. And
to spend all eternity getting to know the Father, the Son, and the Spirit better, exploring the infinite facets of their union, and the wonders of the new heaven
and new earth. Talk about a changed perspective!
On those days when life seems especially challenging, or maybe when my spirit
feels especially heavy, I head to God's Word and read about what our forever
home is going to be like. I think of heaven quite often, more so as the years go
by. Do you? What's something you look forward to about heaven? And do you
think we'll "banquet" there together? I do. I'm so looking forward to kitchen time
with my mom again, and with some of you gals too! Imagine what peach cobbler
will taste like there...
So glad we're in this together, forever,
Tammy
