He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
We are in this world but we are not to be of this world; rather we are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, setting our minds on the things above.(Romans 12:2). This can be so hard. The demands of life add up, snatch time away from us, and next thing we know a year has come and gone and a new year has begun.
What always amazes me, when reflecting over a past year, are the moments that I remember. They aren’t always the big moments that I remember with the most clarity. The small moments, the minutiae of life, are usually the things I remember. They are the moments I laughed with my husband until I couldn’t breathe. The moments of pure relaxation reading a book on the bank of the river in the summer. The quiet moments sitting by a campfire, sharing a meal with friends. These are the moments in which time stands still; when all else fades away, and for a moment there is no such thing as time. It is in these moments when we get the best glimpse into what eternity will be like. These precious but ordinary moments are what I think eternity will be like.
When I met my friend’s little new born son for the first time, I asked her if she felt like she had always known him and she said yes. God has planted eternity in our hearts—something within us knows this world is not all we were created for, and we do sense this about others. We feel a weight when we truly connect with others; when we hold a newborn, when we engage in a meaningful conversation with someone, when we are helping an older person, we can sense that these people aren’t just creatures like our pets (and I do love my pets!) but these people have something eternal planted within them that our souls recognize.
Society and individuals today try to play down the sanctity of life—of the preborn, of the elderly, or of those who are terminally ill. Hastening the end of the lives of individuals is a big deal. It’s the biggest deal. We aren’t just playing with the things of this world, we are messing with the eternity of others.
Like C. S. Lewis said, “If I find within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” This can make us uncomfortable. We are very used to this world; but let it make us bold, not uncomfortable. When things are spoken to us in conversation which we know is not in step with what we are told in God’s word, let us always be bold enough to proclaim the truth, gently and lovingly, but firmly. After all, when we stand before the judgment throne in heaven do we really want to confess that we didn’t share our faith, and perhaps plant the seeds that changed eternity for someone else because we were embarrassed? Of what?
Eternity is something we have to deal with in this world. We don’t get another chance to deal with it after this one. This is our one shot to decide where and with whom we want to spend it. We plan our weekend, our years, our careers, our lives, but we must also plan for our eternity. May this truth help us bravely share our faith with others. This is their one shot for eternity also.
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