While death is inevitable, the journey of life need not end in despair at the grave. The dilemma of mortality is answered by our hope in eternity through Jesus Christ.
What can we learn from the difficult year of 2020? How can we recalibrate our minds and spirits in light of it? And how can we live this year as if it might be the last?
We are moving to an end without end in the Kingdom of Christ, and we are wise if we live in light of that destiny. Thomas Cole's paintings call us to this life of wisdom in all seasons, ages, and stages.
We are pilgrims being prepared for home. We are not home yet. Life was never meant to be about ourselves, but about God. For this reason, it is the eternal that gives meaning and hope in the temporal arena.
Thomas Cole’s depiction of The Cross and the World compels us to put our hopes in the things that will last forever rather than in the brevity of human creations.
Memories bring with them a sense of grief at lost hopes and dreams. But reflecting on them can help prepare us for our eternal home, remembering that our short lives lead us to eternity.