Anyone who knows me knows that my random thought processing happens not only while I'm attempting to drift off to sleep, but also in the middle of what normal human beings call life. Life for me, however, is most generally lived in the plethora of randomness in my head. Thus the reason for this blog, in general, and specifically, the one which I am writing today.
It all started his morning while I was getting ready for my day. My cat was as usual determining to jump from the floor, to the bathroom sink, to the top of the towel shelf on the back of my toilet. Like a good cat owner, I repeatedly pushed or threw her off the sink detering her persistent attempts. As I was preparing to yet again stop my stubbon feline from jumping on top of the tower of towels, she stopped in the middle of her pounce and caught sight of her reflection in the mirror. She preceded, to my amusement, to bat at herself in the mirror with her paw. Clearly she didn't realize it was merely her reflection. She continued attacking this mysterious animal on the other side of the mirror, glancing at me and meowing, then curiously, with wide eyes, looking back at the mirror.
This whole incident made me think back to something I had heard the previous day. The Ichthus Christian Musical Festival has been going on and I caught part of a Building 429 concert (if you're not familiar with their music, I urge to go on youtube, right now, and look up their song "Listen to the Sound"). After performing one of their songs whose chorus states "I'm not home yet", the lead singer, Jason Roy, addressed the crowd about the meaning of the song. The gist of what he had to say reads like this: In the midst of all the bad in this world we must remember we were not made for it; this is not our home. To me, this was a profound perspective on evil in the world and the question of if God is good, why does he allow evil? Well, to go into more detail on that answer, please see my previous post on the topic. But in a nutshell, stemming from his statement, we must conclude this: the evil and chaos in this world was never God's intention. For those of us who follow the Creator, there is sometihng so much better for us in store. "We are not home yet". Think of it this way: think of the most wonderful experience or feeling you can imagine and maximize that by a thousand. That's only a taste of what heaven has in store for God's children.
So what does this have to do with kittens and mirrors? 1 Corithians 13:12 tells us: Now we see a poor reflection as in a mirror, then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, then I saw know fully, as I am fully known.
It all started his morning while I was getting ready for my day. My cat was as usual determining to jump from the floor, to the bathroom sink, to the top of the towel shelf on the back of my toilet. Like a good cat owner, I repeatedly pushed or threw her off the sink detering her persistent attempts. As I was preparing to yet again stop my stubbon feline from jumping on top of the tower of towels, she stopped in the middle of her pounce and caught sight of her reflection in the mirror. She preceded, to my amusement, to bat at herself in the mirror with her paw. Clearly she didn't realize it was merely her reflection. She continued attacking this mysterious animal on the other side of the mirror, glancing at me and meowing, then curiously, with wide eyes, looking back at the mirror.
This whole incident made me think back to something I had heard the previous day. The Ichthus Christian Musical Festival has been going on and I caught part of a Building 429 concert (if you're not familiar with their music, I urge to go on youtube, right now, and look up their song "Listen to the Sound"). After performing one of their songs whose chorus states "I'm not home yet", the lead singer, Jason Roy, addressed the crowd about the meaning of the song. The gist of what he had to say reads like this: In the midst of all the bad in this world we must remember we were not made for it; this is not our home. To me, this was a profound perspective on evil in the world and the question of if God is good, why does he allow evil? Well, to go into more detail on that answer, please see my previous post on the topic. But in a nutshell, stemming from his statement, we must conclude this: the evil and chaos in this world was never God's intention. For those of us who follow the Creator, there is sometihng so much better for us in store. "We are not home yet". Think of it this way: think of the most wonderful experience or feeling you can imagine and maximize that by a thousand. That's only a taste of what heaven has in store for God's children.
So what does this have to do with kittens and mirrors? 1 Corithians 13:12 tells us: Now we see a poor reflection as in a mirror, then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, then I saw know fully, as I am fully known.
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