Streetlamps

As we were sitting on the porch last night, I looked up to the darkness of the skies. Like others, stargazing is a favorite past time of mine... To see all the twinkling lights millions of miles away, to watch the heavens glitter like a Christmas tree, brings a twinkle to my own little eye. Throughout the blackness there are these tiny dots that sing out songs of joy and fill the night's stillness with sweet melody. It is always a wonder to behold-if only I can see it, that is...

But last night, there was a street lamp in my way.

Have you ever noticed that if a light is shining brightly into your eyes-you cannot see past it? It blocks your view from what lies behind. Well, this streetlight was in my way from beholding the glories of the heavens-the twinkling lights beyond the unknown realms above.

It was as the world is to Chrisitanity.
We are trying to look beyond this world and see to Heaven...but yet there is that streetlamp in the way.

"Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory."
Colossians 3:1-4 (NASB)