I attended a beautiful high school graduation party recently. Another reminder that the lives of children slip away so quickly. Karissa asks me longingly, “When will I be four?” Things that take so long for children—two whole seasons of the year—seem so fleeting from my adulthood vantage point.
It reminds me of these verses: “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
Thinking of how for a child three whole days until daddy’s birthday seems an interminable wait helps me when I’m struggling with the here and now. I watch my friends and family take on difficult, seemingly unending battles. I want to fix things. NOW. But now is not forever. These things are so . . . temporal. Looking back, it will not even seem long. God our Father looks down knowingly on His children as we chafe at the slowness of time.
When I was a kid and we were only allowed to have two cookies, we watched my dad eat three. My mom said that when we grew up we could eat as many cookies as we want. I’m in my 30s now, and do you know? She was right!
Heaven will be much more precious to us than unlimited cookies, and my friends, it will be worth the wait. Look forward, for there is a blessed hope and glorious appearing waiting for us. After all, this life truly is “but for a moment.”
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