It has been a long while since I have written.
I’ve had a season of quieter contemplation.
A setting aside of social media.
Also, a setting aside of goals that I had for myself- to make sure that they were God’s dreams and not just mine.
But it seems I can only hold God-thoughts in for so long, before I either allow them to come out through writing, or forfeit the energy that comes from sharing the gifts of moments like this.
One thing- I thought that I would have figured life out better, by now. But- the longer I walk through this life, the more of a mystery it all really seems. Un-figure-out-able.
Lately, there have been several hardships and losses in our community. The brain cannot make sense of it. The heart- even less so. The soul’s only solace is found in the presence of its Savior.
In church, Sunday, I walked through the foyer, and I had to take a picture of this image that caught my eye.
What captivated my attention was the beautiful, intricate shadow of these flowers. Alone, it would be such a pretty image! But it’s only a shadow. The real thing is so much more colorful, vibrant, full of substance.
It made me think of life here vs. eternity.
As beautiful as life is here (the shadow), it’s also sometimes dark.
But eternity will be vivid, colorful, even more “solid” and real than what we are experiencing now, which is just a shadow of things to come.
This doesn’t at all make the hard things people are going through easier.
But it does give hope for our future. Especially when it seems that earthly hopes disappoint more and more.
Just beyond the shadow of this life will bloom another-
beautiful,
full,
unending. 💐
And in that, we who love Jesus, can find hope.
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