marvelous light

The last phrase I wrote in my blog post yesterday has been echoing with me since I wrote it. "In light of eternity." It's a Christian phrase that we use a lot. It slips off the tongue so easily. But what does it really mean?

The picture I have in my mind is of my life, a long, dark path. But at the end of that path is an open door - the door that leads from the end of my time on earth to the beginning of eternal life with Christ. And the marvelous light from that glorious place is shining through the open door, shedding light on my dark path. In light of eternity...that light makes things clearer, shows me what really matters here on earth, gives me hope for the future.