Thursday, July 10, 2014

Glorious!

What’s the most glorious thing you’ve ever seen? A beautiful garden, sunrise, ocean, mountain range, waterfall, or sunset?

Even with the presence of sin in this world, the earth is still full of God’s glory. (Isaiah 6:3 “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”) I marvel at the uniqueness throughout creation. In fact, a few weeks ago Joe and I were on a walk and noticed a unique cloud cluster. Most of the sky above us was clear blue, but the large cloud cluster to the South of us caught our attention. Later, as we were finishing our walk and almost home, we saw the cloud cluster light up and then light up again in another spot. Flashes of lightening were streaking the clouds over and over again. We didn’t hear the thunder, but stopped and took in the natural “fireworks” display for several minutes. We’ve never seen anything like it! Once inside, Joe looked up the nearest storm and found one over Sandusky, over 2 hours away. What amazing power displayed within just a group of clouds and water!

Can you imagine what it will be like when Jesus returns in full glory for all to see?
Matthew 25:31-34       31 When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

I can’t imagine how glorious the new heaven and new earth will be, the kingdom prepared for believers since the creation of the world! All the marvelous wonders on this earth won’t even begin to compare with what is yet to come. So, if you are a believer, don’t worry about getting to all the places on your bucket list, because we’ll have even greater and more glorious things to explore for all eternity!

Alice

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