How Far Can You See?

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How far can you see?  She asked.  I answered, how much detail do you want?  If you don’t want much detail, then I can see about 2,555,000 light years (That’s the nearest Galaxy that can be seen with the naked eye).

For many things taking the long view is a very helpful way to manage day to day.  When the baby is crying, the dog wants out, the dinner is burning and the phone is ringing all at once, talking the long view means realizing this will be funny at some point later – even if it isn’t now.  Often that helps us have a better response right now!  I call this “taking the long view.”

I know a couple who say this is how they manage their arguments – they each ask the question, “will this argument or issue make any difference five years from now?”  Somehow that settles most every disagreement they have.  It’s “taking the long view.”

I watched a man who was harried and busy with his list of thing to do that day and that week as he, engage a young friend who wanted some of his time to help with a project.  The man smiled, took a deep breath and said “Yes,” and then softly under his breath said, “I’ll have plenty of time to sleep when I’m dead.”  I think it was said with no sarcasm at all.  That is “taking the long view.”

Perhaps when it comes to death itself, we might ask “What can I say or do now, that might really make a positive difference when I’m done and gone.”  Somehow death has a curious way of sobering our thinking and behavior, doesn’t it?

Now think about it this way, If God, in Christ, really can and does free me from death, then today I ought to be able to….?  That might just change how we live now, and in eternity.  What God will do tomorrow really can impact what we do today.  O Saints of God, live as though death really has been defeated.  It will change your life.   AMEN

Pastor Mitch