At Your Father’s Side – Lyrics
Refrain: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Our lives are fleeting, so return to the Lord with all your heart.
One day is like a thousand years in your sight; a thousand years like a watch in the night.
We know not the day nor the hour that will be our last. It will come like a thief in the night when we least expect.
Run to Him, confess your sin, His arms are open wide. Receive the gift of tender mercy at your Father’s side.
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(Continued from the prior post entitled “The Rest of the Story. “)
One thing we are surely missing is sight. Let me turn to Frank Sheed again for insight.
At least three times The New Testament uses the word in reference to life in heaven.
Jesus told his disciples that “angels in heaven constantly behold my heavenly Father’s face.” (Mt. 18: 10) “Their seeing Him is a basic fact of their life there, as breathing is of ours here.” 4
The Apostle John tells us that “We shall see Him as He is.” (1 Jn. 3:2)
St. Paul contrasts it with our sight on earth. “Now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face.” (1 Cor. 13: 12)
You can see (pun intended) why life in heaven is called the Beatific Vision – beholding the Trinitarian God in all his glory. Now that is a sight to behold!
This post first appeared on September 21, 2020, but I couldn’t resist reprinting it today. The message applies as much now as then.
“In the Lord’s eyes, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years are as a day.” (2 Peter 3:8)
COVID-19 has created a hardscrabble daily life for almost all of us. And for many those days have begun to blend together in a kind of monopoly of monotony. Some have said it’s like having the same day over and over again, as in the movie Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray. In that story, the main character finds himself in a kind of time warp where he wakes up every morning on February 2 and has to live that day again and again until he gets it right. In the process, he is changed from an egotistical self-serving boor to a kind and compassionate town hero. That’s not a bad analogy for living the Christian life. Each day is a chance to be transformed to more fully reflect the person of Christ.
