“We know that all that is possible or conceivable of what is good and fair and blessed shall one day be real and visible. Out of all evil there comes the good; out of sin comes holiness; out of darkness, light; out of death, life eternal; out of weakness, strength; out of the fading, the blooming; out of rottenness and ruin, loveliness and majesty; out of the curse come the blessing, the incorruptible, the immortal, the glorious, the undefiled!
Our present portion, however, is but the pledge, not the inheritance. The inheritance is reserved for the appearing of the Lord. Here we see but through a glass darkly. It does not yet appear what we shall be. We are now but as wayfaring men, wandering in the lonely night, who see dimly upon the distant mountain peak the reflection of a sun that never rises here, but which shall never set in the ‘new heavens’ hereafter.”
—Horatius Bonar, “Home”
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October 27, 2009 at 9:44 pm
mengmom
Susan, amen to that. It seems that the longer I live on this earth the more corruption my eyes are opened to see and the more I long to be in the land of incorruption. My kids and I have been discussing the exile of the Jews to Babylon. I was just pointing out to them that the most crushing disappointment for the Jews wasn’t just leaving their earthly homes, but the picture it gave them of being forced out of the true promised land, the heavenly Jerusalem. Won’t it be a wonderful day when we can stop our wanderings in a strange land and return home to the land of our fathers?
October 27, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Ruby
That’s a great quote and one which fits well with some recent thoughts. It is such a delight and comfort to look forward to Heaven, to put all that happen here in perspective. God is working all things together for our good!
October 28, 2009 at 3:02 am
virginiasusan
Won’t it be a wonderful day when we can stop our wanderings in a strange land and return home to the land of our fathers?
Yes, Denise that will be a wonderful day indeed!
You’re right, Ruby. It does help put the trials of life into the right perspective.
I especially love the last line of his quote.
October 28, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Heidi
Susan, this reminded me of something I read the other day in my Matthew Henry commentary that was very encouraging; what a wonderful quote. I will have to reread it a few times — thank you.