Fireflies in the night...
Last night I finished mowing the lawn in the dark. It was an adventure to guess where the weeds were growing that needed trimming. As I finished the lawn, the fireflies began to come alive. They flickered as if they were lighting the way for the entire neighborhood.
Tonight I went to the funeral home for a friend who was overcome by cancer cells earlier this week. His name is Matt Ringerwole, and he now lives in the perfect presence of God. Seven months from a well trained Navy man body to his last breath.
I don't get it. I see the kingdom in fireflies, but then I see pain in the eyes of a sister who has lost her only brother to cancer. I want to believe that the kingdom of God is at hand. I do beleive. But then I wonder if just hoping to get to heaven is an easier option to believe...
... help me out here. I need your assurance...
1 comment:
The Kingdom can be seen in fireflies and in galaxies...one is very close up and personal and the other reveals the vastness of the stage of God's glory...one we can grasp and the other leaves us only to trust.
The brother and friend is not lost to us...believers just move to a much nicer neighborhood.
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