Enjoy listening to the song, Eternity, that accompanies this post by clicking the "Play" or "Listen" button above.
Have you seen a glimpse of heaven?
For me, these glimpses happen when I experience life’s greatest moments of beauty, adventure, and intimacy (a concept inspired by C.S. Lewis and Ken Boa). This past summer my son and I stayed up past midnight and photographed a thunderstorm several miles out over the ocean. The lens would stay open for twenty seconds or so, and a few times we captured some amazing lightning flashes.
One specific image of lightning we captured reminds me of a precious moment that combined all three experiences: the beauty of distant thunder and lightning, the adventure of staying up past midnight, and the intimacy of an unforgettable photo shoot with my son.
What is one of your life experiences similar to this?
As you are listening to the Eternity music stream, recall one of these moments and cherish it. Reflect on Ecclesiastes 3:11 that inspired me to compose Eternity. For me, the cello and piano represent heaven and earth, respectively, and a conversation between the two, where a welcoming grace meets a longing for hope. Below are some other quotes around this theme. I pray you see a glimpse of heaven in something or someone today.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. — Ecclesiastes 3:11
The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing to find the place where all the beauty came from. — C.S. Lewis
I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings. — Helen Keller
We must meet the uncertainties of this world with the certainty of the world to come. — A.W. Tozer
People without a relationship with their personal Creator are hungering for love, happiness, meaning, and fulfillment, but nothing that this planet offers can fully satisfy these longings. — Ken Boa
If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world. — C.S. Lewis
