Eternity

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Today,

I see eternity

in the eyes of a newborn child

or the rugged mountains that lift

their spires to the translucent heavens.

I sense eternity –

when I rest beside grand oceans

and watch undulating waves roll into infinity,

or hold the tiny hand of child,

or walk with an aged saint.

Eternity doesn’t wait for me –

Eternity is now,

in the yellow of the first daffodil of spring,

Daffodil

in the pastel rays of dawn that wake the birds’ song,

in the freshness of air that fills my lungs.

It lives in hope that promises another day

and faith that overflows my heart

with the presence of the eternal God.

I stand caught in a room of eternity –

bound by walls of time,

gazing out the windows at what is yet to be,

unable to see past the horizon of beyond.

Soon, the door will open.

I will step out,

and know the fulness,

the completeness

of eternity in my Savior

as I walk forever with Him.

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Father, You have placed eternity in our hearts so that we long to be with You even as we cling to this temporary life. There is much to do here - people to serve and love, hearts to encourage - yet all the while there is a part of us that is longing for home. There is joy here, but I can't even imagine the joy that will be there when I see You. Keep me faithful, Lord. Keep me walking in Your path, step by step with You. Help me to see eternity in every person every day so that I can remember how precious each day is. You are precious, Lord. In Your name I pray.

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""He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end" (Ecclesiastes 3:11, KJV).

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end" (Ecclesiastes 3:11, AMPC).