THOSE WHO SEE BEYOND

God created the world and invisibly sustains it.  But to those who desire to see beyond the invisibility God provides two ways.  The first way is nature, the creation itself.

          “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims

            His handiwork.  Day to day pours out speech, and night to night

            reveals knowledge” (Psalm 19:1, 2).

The second way is Jesus, the Creator himself.

          “In the beginning was the Word…all things were made by Him…

           and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:1-14).

There’s more to this life than meets the eye

It’s hidden in plain view, in the ordinary, in the mundane.

It’s as mysterious as the wind that you can only hear

But don’t know where it comes from or where it goes.

It’s miraculous to those who have eyes to see

Like the servants at a wedding, the fishermen on the shore,

The blind man on the road, the whore on the street.

The more is there for no one special

Who live in places filled with special no ones

Like Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth Zachariah,

Simeon, Anna, you and me.

The more is there for those who have eyes to see

Beyond what is there.

The more is eternal life, the kingdom of God, and it is not something that comes at the end of what is here now.  Eternal is past, present, and future, with no superficial boundaries between them.  It is a continuum, a beginning that never began and an ending that never ends.  Eternal is beyond those superficial and temporary measuring points.

          “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what

            Will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecc.1:9).

“As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be.

World without end, Amen. Amen.”