God's Handwriting

I am finally convinced today that spring has arrived with a furor in my backyard. The green is accented with orange, pink and golden honey bees. Thank you, Lord, for a glimpse of all that is beautiful in You, the Glory of Holiness and creator of creation's elegance. "In wisdom, you have created it all." Ps. 104:24 Emerson said, "Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting - a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing."



And as seasonal beauty reflects the fleeting nature of life, whether flower or face, all will perish. The glow of youth will be traded for wizened senescence, and life will return to dust.


This Sunday is Resurrection Sunday, a day to celebrate the sure and certain hope that the end of this life is only the beginning of the next as Paul tells us in his first letter to the Corinthians, chapter 15. It is historical truth, attested by personal witnesses (up to 500 at one time), martyrdom and a changed world.


I'd encourage you to attend a church this Lord's Day and hear what great things God has done.