A few days ago, I went to the beach. As I was walking, I was
amazed by the beauty of the shadows that the sun was creating as it peeked
through the trees. The clouds would hide
the sun for a bit then they would move and we could see clearly the outline of
the trees on the ground. They were
beautiful silhouettes. As beautiful as
they were, they were not real, they were only copies of something else, a tree,
the leaves, me, a bird or whatever else the sun was shining on at the moment. The shadows were not real; they really only
pointed the something better, something real.
Imagine, for a second, if I had thought that the shadows were real, and
not just reflections of something better.
That idea would be crazy and ill-conceived. Imagine the let down when, at some point, I
realize that the shadows were not real. Sadly,
in this life, many people go through life chasing shadows. They chase and pursue many things like money,
fame, power. If you are following those
things, you will find out that all those things are just as fleeting as the
shadows that I watched on the beach. They
never provide lasting satisfaction or contentment. For the Christian, we don’t
have to chase the things of this world.
We can put our trust in what will last and is unchangeable. This world only serves to remind us that
there is something better, heaven. This world,
at its best, is flawed because of sin.
It’s only a copy, a very poor silhouette. of what life will be like in
Heaven. I think that the best we can
imagine will not compare to the glory, beauty and awesomeness of heaven. What a
comfort and Hope for the believer. We
can look at the shadows and know that something better is waiting for us
because we see the shadows.
