Heavenly Beauty
As I looked out my window at the woods behind my house this
morning I marveled over the beautiful colors of the leaves on the trees. Some of the trees are full and vibrant and
beautiful and some have already started to loose their leaves and look bare. I thought about how quickly those leaves
change from beautiful reds, yellows and oranges to dull, brown and dingy before
falling off onto the ground. I tried to
block out the weeds, overgrown brush and fallen trees, and concentrate on the
beauty instead of the flaws. But it was
difficult.
Isn’t that a great representation of this life? We can be
trucking along with everything going well for us, everything running smoothly,
then BAM. Something hits us. Health problems. Financial headaches. A disagreement with a friend. These things can come out of nowhere and can
throw us off our game. It can remind us
that some parts of this life are so beautiful, but some are so tainted by the
sin of this world that it is sometimes hard to look past the muck and the mire
to see the beauty.
Jesus said “but take heart, for I have overcome the world”.
(John 16:33b) We can allow our hearts to
long for heaven knowing that these worldly afflictions will all be washed away
with the Glorious Homecoming of our Savior Jesus. We can anticipate our eternal future in
Heaven knowing that the things that have contaminated this world will have no
power over us there. Beauty will
surround us all of our days.
Revelation 21:11
It shone with the Glory Of God, and its brilliance was like that of a
very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
