But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:5 (NIV)
Eternity by Cathy Vinson |
What is eternity? As human beings we are confined to the jail known as time. Everything has a beginning. We begin a new day. Each year on January 1, we hang a new calendar and a new year begins. We strike a match to start a new fire. Every thing has an end. When all the wood is burned or the fuel is used the fire goes out. When the day is over – that’s it. There is no going back. It is hard for us to imagine what eternity is. What does it mean to never have begun and never to end? A friend told me a story of a little bug-like creature from outer space. This creature would come to earth every one-thousand years. On each visit it would remove a grain of sand from the earth and return to its home. After repeated returns every one-thousand years, all of the sand was finally removed from the earth. The was no more sand at the seashore. There was no more sand in the desert. The enormous amount of time taken to accomplish this deed would only be moment in eternity. There is a simple math problem that may help us to picture eternity. Divide three into one. This is a long, but simple math problem. One can never finish this problem. Even if you continue to work this problem your entire life – you will never complete this problem. No matter how many times you divide, the one is never used up. Our God is an eternal God. He is without beginning. He is without end. We as humans often limit His power and glory. With our finite minds and experiences we seem unable to draw upon the infinite resources of God. God helps us to see you as eternal and infinite. Help us to be ever mindful of your eternal resources. May we be thankful that you have given us a Way to share the rest of eternity with you. |
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| "Glory and honor to God forever and ever. He is the
eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen. 1 Tim. 1:17 (NLT) The eternal God is your refuge, Deut. 33:27 (NLT)." |
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