Prelude To The Meaning of It All

Imagine, if this broken old world was the best there is...

Even the best it has to offer is SO fleeting at best!

From a child's perspective candy is life's best!!

and oh, how fast it disappears...

some flowers are still blooming profusely,

but not for long...  

Summer's garden is gathered in...

...and tucked down

(it feels so weird to have no garden-chores on my to-do list!)

God made a way for us, through Jesus,

to live with joy in sorrow

 and hope in the face of hopelessness;

with holy purpose in the humble mundane;

for, with/for Him we never live or love in vain...

Imagine if our hugs and kisses, 

tears and laughter,

prayers and pardons

amounted to nothing more than 

falling leaves...

Sometimes we think we glimpse heaven here;

the hug/company of a loved one,

the dimpled giggle of a baby,

the music of kind words,

the lavish beauty of earth and sky...

but God tells us,

'“No eye has seen, 

no ear has heard, 

no heart has imagined, 

what God has prepared 

for those who love Him.”

1 Cor.2:9

To live to love in vain;

Is there sorrier waste

Than to weather pleasure and pain

To treasure touch and taste

To be amazed and awed

By beauty’s kaleidoscope

To see the majesty of God

But be blind to His hope

To laugh and weep without

The purpose of much more

Than this old world can boast about

To even heartbreak’s score

To know, no matter what

No human thought can plumb

The glorious mysteries of God;

‘The best is yet to come’

After the part we see

Returns to earth again

Is there a greater tragedy

Than to live-love in vain

Is there a greater grief

Than, in death’s certain call

To miss, because of unbelief

The meaning of it all

Janet Martin

1 Cor.15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, 

be steadfast, immovable, 

always abounding in the work of the Lord,

 knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

(Read the whole glorious chapter HERE)

the reason for the hope we have in Christ!