The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever (Isa. 40:8). This verse sets up a great contrast between olam ha-zeh and olam haba – between this present world and the heavenly realm. King David states, Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you (וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ). Surely all mankind stands as a mere vanity (Psalm 39:5). Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in God, the Eternal, the abiding, and true: Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you (Psalm 73:25). To the extent that we regard this world as our home we will find the transience of life to be tragic; but when we regard ourselves as strangers here, transience becomes a passageway to the heavenly places.
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 23:45:38 +0000
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