THE REALITY OF TOMORROW

The Biblical hymn writer reminded us long ago that "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds" (Psalm 147.3).   John Milton was an English Puritan who wrote poetry second only to that of the Bible. Milton lost his sight in the cause of liberty and righteousness, standing by Oliver Cromwell and the Puritan Commmonwealth. It was in Milton's blindness that he wrote "Paradise Lost."  In his blindness, he also wrote a sonnet on his blindness, the last line of which  reminds us, "They also serve who only stand and wait."

God gives his finest gifts to those who wait on the Lord. God may somehow take from us earthly things but he bestows upon us better things. God may take away human  strength, but only that he may bestow heaven's strength. John Milton lost his eyesight, but that did not prevent him seeing the celestial cities of God. John Bunyan spent years of his life in prison, but not without discovering the journey we read as Pilgrim's Progress. The Biblical people of God found themselves in slavery and foreign captivity, in order that they might love the "Promised Land." God sometimes removes old landmarks from our lives, but never without lifting our eyes to a newer and more beautiful life experience.

The Sculptor pictures an angel in the solid rock before he begins to chisel it out. The Artist sees a beautiful picture before he paints it on the canvas. The Architect imagines a magnificent building before he draws up the plans. God works in our lives like the skilled Artisan he is.

God lets this Old House turn back into the dust of the ground in order that he might build for us an even better house that he has envisioned; a house made without hands and eternal in the heavens. As I look ahead and see my 94th year on the near horizon, a few month from now,  I approach it with the awareness that God bestows his best gifts upon  those who look faithfully up to him. 

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