One night while my wife and I were walking at the lake, seeing all the people who were walking with their dogs I felt it would be neat to walk with my cat at the lake. After a brief moment I put logic to my thought and realized how stupid it was. My cat has in thirteen years never has been outside except when traveling in her cage. She has never known anything but carpet under her paws, the biggest world she has ever known is about 1500 square feet. If I took her to the lake she would freak-out there would be to many different smells, sounds and people. If she could see the real world she could not handle it would be too much. If I tell her she is not in Texas but now lives in North Carolina it means nothing to her. She cannot understand there is no way to communicate these things to her. I discard my idea of walking at the lake with my cat. Then my thoughts turned to how much of the real world do I understand and experience. My cat thinks a 900 square foot apartment is reality. I think the life I have experienced here on earth for the last 55 or so years is reality. But something will happen one day and I will see reality.
1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 18
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words
1 Corinthians 13:12
12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known
1 comment:
Well said, makes think of that verse, "...we are but a vapor, here a little while, then gone..." Kinda puts any importance we attribute to ourselves or our accomplishments into perpective.
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