Word Creation Wednesday

This week's word comes from an experience I had during a funeral today. The funeral was for Lynn, an almost 50 year old woman who had lived her whole life severely physically limited by cerebral palsy. She was a close friend of our family and will be missed more than can be imagined. I was reading the following text...

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.  And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!"  (Rev.21:1-5)

...and reflecting on how one day evil will be ended and all things will be made new when I had a bit of a...

"glimpisode" - A momentary glimpse at a deep emotional and spiritual level of life the way God really intends it to be.  It is characterized by a sweet sorrow that both mourns for the way things are and hopes for the way that they will be.  Celtic Christians called these moments "thin spaces" - places where you could touch and experience God in a deep and profound way, where the wall that divides human and divine grows thin.  It can happen in many ways at many times.  Maybe you've experienced it while reading a good book or watching a movie.  Maybe it has flowed out of deep love for someone or from someone.  Or maybe, like me, it overwhelms you to grasp how far we have come from what God intended and yet how lovingly He is calling us home. May your life be filled with glimpisodes that draw you closer to the One who gave His life for you to set you free.