Looking at the sky (on the fourth of July).

[Freth]

Tonight I walked a short distance from my home to watch the local fire works. It seems like every year I wait until the last minute to decide I want to see them. I have that luxury, I guess, since I live a mile away from the park where they put on the show. I have to walk a short distance to get past the tall trees, so I can see the display unobstructed.

This year was like any other. I left with five minutes to spare and walked to my usual spot. The fireworks were the same as in past years. A half hour of launches and then the grand finale. A typical small town fireworks show.

As I watched the pretty colors explode in the sky, I kept thinking about how much bigger the fireworks will be at the very end.

• The stars falling from the sky. The sun and moon going dark. (Matthew 24:29)
• The sky rolling back like a scroll. The upheaval taking place. (Revelation 6:14)
• The Son of man coming in the clouds. (Revelation 14:14; et al)

How many of us are looking to the sky and only seeing pretty fireworks? How many look past the fireworks, to heaven?

1 Thessalonians 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
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I stood there and watched the fireworks. I enjoyed the show, but I walked home thinking on heavenly things and not worldly things. I wanted to share.

God bless!

 

[Enilorac]

@Freth What a wonderful thought! I was driving around today, in a bright, beautiful, sunny day and for some reason the idea that God created this just for us and then created me to be able to experience all this came to mind. It blew me away! I was driving down the road crying and praising Him for this. How He created a universe and thought that universe needed a me. Think about it.

 

[Freth]

@Freth What a wonderful thought! I was driving around today, in a bright, beautiful, sunny day and for some reason the idea that God created this just for us and then created me to be able to experience all this came to mind. It blew me away! I was driving down the road crying and praising Him for this. How He created a universe and thought that universe needed a me. Think about it.

I have these moments often myself. The other day I was at a local park watching dragonflies, sitting by a river. Even the simplest things we often take for granted remind us that all things were created with purpose. We live in a place of wonder, but it's easy to become desensitized to it, especially with worldly distraction. As we come closer to God, His creation comes alive in our eyes. It's an awesome thing.