Anchor

The weekend away with hubby at Turon Gates over Easter has slowed me down to a pace where my mind can breath and my eyes are able to capture the beautiful things in life that would otherwise escape my sight as life is subject to the demands and pressure of city life.

While being surrounded by a calming stream in a thriving forest and being comforted by the rhythm of crackling firewood on a cold still night, every single star of the millions we sat under impressed my heart and stole my awe for my very own Creator, who in every single way reflects magnificence and extravagance.

The beauty and peace which nature promises refueled us from the inside out and proved once again the comfort we can always find in what's unchanging and constant - something that seems so hard to find in a post-modern world where everything is relative, fleeting and very temporal.

So much is promised and so many different options are given to humanity today, but unless we go through our own search for what is true - eternally true - and what will be the anchor of our soul,  we will only continue to coast and drift through life waiting for the next new option, new life style, new promise, new church to make us 'feel happier'and to help us escape the haunting emptiness on the inside.

Sitting under an impressive sight of the milky way on an autumn night, I'm reminded of God's Word and His wisdom which although ancient, has withstood the test of time and human knowledge. Like the Message Bible describes it - God's wisdom is something mysterious that goes deep into the interior of His purpose. You don't find it lying around on the surface. It is not the the latest message but more likely the oldest - what God determined as the way to bring out  His best in us...1 Cor 2v6-10.

The Word of God anchors us in what's eternally true and unchanging despite the opinions and options of this world. It sets our hearts at rest when the world around pressures us in every way to speed through life and to conform to the latest, newest, and most popular - it promises so much yet does not satisfy the desire/thirst found deep within us. 

Ecc 3v11 "He has set eternity in the hearts of men..."

Until we awake to the reality of our desire for eternity and not just happy feelings, we will keep finding ourselves falling through the gaps of instant gratification, being disappointed and unfulfilled.

This is what I'm confident of - Everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to and nothing taken from His truth. God does it so that men will revere Him...Ecc 3v14.

ps. Thanks to my amazing hub who makes the best campfires so I can be nicely toasted as I ponder on God's greatness and wonders under the stars...