Worth A Thousand

I am still longing for such a life....

I think about a verse in the bible constantly
I am not sure where it is or what it says exactly
But it says something like, "bring Heaven to Earth"

There is nothing I long for more than another piece of heaven
These pieces have been scattered throughout
Like a big puzzle
We are to search and find
We are to put them together

I look at these pieces as small gifts that we can choose to find
That we can choose to open

My dad has gone great lengths to show the extent of his care
I can only help but to imagine the lengths at which my heavenly father has gone to as well

These pieces that we have been given make up quite a picture
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words

God made the world and everything in it, therefore it is all an extension of himself.
As He molded the ground, as His light tore through the blanket of darkness, as He took a breath into the lungs of a human being, He left his fingerprints
Purposefully He left his fingerprints.. His character within the framework of His creation.

Because of sin, there are only pieces, both large and small, for us to find.
These pieces consist within His word, in human interaction, and through His beauty that surrounds us every day

It is not about who has the best strategy for finding these pieces or even who has the most pieces
It is about the search, the desire to find more
It is about the show and tell when a discovery is made

No one will have all the pieces and no one will have the same ones as another
That is why we as a people being the body of Christ is so profound
We can join our pieces together and make a deeper, more detailed picture.

A picture is worth a thousand words

The pieces of this life are pieces of our Father
We cannot fully know Him
The glory is too overwhelming

When all the pieces come together it will make up quite a picture
It is a picture that is worth all of eternity