Glimpses of Eternity

I've probably mentioned this before, but I love CBS Sunday Morning. They usually have great stories and interesting features. This morning the focus was on outer space. Is there life out there? How many planets and galaxies are there that we know nothing about? And as they were discussing all of this and showing some amazing pictures that have been taken, one scientist made a comment that struck me. He said "no imagination could have come up with this". I thought about that for a minute and then thought, "But an imagination did come up with it and then spoke it into existence". And then I got thinking about God's imagination. We humans have been given great minds - some more than others. Think about all the things that we've thought about and come up with and dreamed up over the centuries. Some things are out of needs, others of wants and some are just plain crazy but nevertheless, we've used our imagination. Now, if we are created in the image of God, then doesn't it make sense that God also has an imagination?! And since everything about God is on a much grander scale, then how big must His imagination be! Looking at space is such a great and amazing thing and reminds me of how big my God is. But it also shows how creative He is. He thought up the earth and all that surrounds it and there may be far more out there that we as humans know nothing about. And I don't mean aliens. But there my be planets and galaxies that we haven't seen yet. And the great part is we have an eternity to explore and discover. 

I have thoughts and ideas of what I think eternity might be like. I could be way off, but what if we're able to just think about a place and be there. And what will a new heaven and a new earth be like? Honestly, the thought of living forever and ever is really mind blowing and almost scary but I'm pretty confident that we won't be bored. Because think about this, God existed before the beginning and He's going to be there throughout eternity. Now, since He was before the beginning that we know, and since I think that He has a pretty amazing imagination, I don't believe that He was bored or uncreative before the world began and I don't think He's going to send us into a boring eternity. I know some people that believe that we're just going to worship God before His throne for ever and ever because we'll just be so thankful for all He did for us. Don't get me wrong, I am in no way down playing Christ's sacrifice for us on the cross. It was and always will be the best and most amazing demonstration of Love ever. And I think that when we get to Heaven there will be plenty of praising and worshiping and honoring. But I also am one to believe that there will be other things to do. God made us all special and unique. We are different from the angels and I believe we always will be. We are creative. We are adventurous. We are curious. And although I think that once we get to Heaven a lot of our questions from earth will be answered, maybe we'll have new questions. Doesn't it make sense that there will be new things to discover if there's a new Heaven and a new Earth? And what fun would it be if we just knew everything and sat around? If you know me, you know that I love to travel and plan to do a lot of it if I can. I also plan to travel after my time on this earth ends and I think it will be much easier since things like money and security won't be an issue. I hope to see new and amazing things and get a better idea of just how great God's imagination truly is.

You may not agree with me and that's fine. I might have lost you somewhere in the reading of this and that's okay too. But just think for a moment about how great God really is and if you find yourself forgetting, take some time to look at pictures from outer space or just looking up at a clear, night sky and try to count the stars.