Food for Thought: Revelation 21:3-4

Here is a something worthy of meditation:

Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:

Look! God's dwelling is with humanity, 

and he will live with them.

They will be his people,

and God himself with be with them 

and be their God.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

Death will no longer exist;

grief, crying, and pain will exist no longer, 

because the previous things have passed away (Rev. 21:3-4, HCSB).

What a glorious day that will be, when death is swallowed up by life.  I long for the day when we enter into our Savior's rest.

Spring Is in the Air

The sun was out as I drove to work this morning. Once brown fields are bursting to life in rich vibrant greens. The trees are in blossom. Spring is in the air. I was thinking about that when I drove to work, and about the renewal process. But, as I turned a curve I saw something that reminded me that even in the midst of renewal death is ever present. That something was a vulture eating a raccoon that didn't make it across the road. I began to think about the temporariness of renewal here on earth, and began to long for the great renewal when Christ returns. As Spring erupts around us, remember it's only a shadow of better things to come.