The Unseen

 

     Our wonderful friend, Patsy, died over ten years ago and we miss her. On a girl’s weekend shortly after she died, as we drove along a country road, and one of the group noticed a rainbow directly to our left. I said, “I think it’s Patsy saying hello from heaven.” We said a prayer of thanks for our friendship and for Patsy. When we looked again, the rainbow was gone.

     My father-in-law witnessed a bright light at 2 a.m. on the night my mother-in-law passed away in a nearby nursing home.  Has God opened your spiritual eyes to a glimpse of heaven, to an eternal sign?

     Discovering the eternal within our finite lives isn’t always as visible as a rainbow or a light from heaven, but God is with us riding along on a country road or sitting in our backyards, or at our desks. His all-seeing eyes will help us to see those things from above. The things that will last forever.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, for what is seen is temporary and what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18

     The colors of the rainbow are just a glimpse of what will be ours forever, when we will see Patsy and our other loved ones amidst the beauty of heaven, as we are escorted into the throne room of grace.

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third, agate, the fourth, an emerald. The fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth, a topaz, the tenth, a turquoise, the eleventh, a jacinth, the twelfth, an amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold as pure as transparent glass. Revelations 20-22

Dear Father in heaven,

Open our eyes to witness a little bit of heaven today, as we fix our eyes on the eternal rather than the temporary. We fix our eyes on You and Your Son.

In Jesus name,

Amen