God of the Compost, Conclusion

From Glory To Glory

The things I have described in this series of articles are glimpses of the glory of a God Who has not abandoned His creation to the dust of history. These small illustrations hint at the deeper and grander work He has taken on of reclaiming and remaking His human creation.

Remembering the Future

Remembering calls up our internal record of something now existing only in the past. A memory echoes reality, reverberating forward within our minds.

The Gift of Pain

Human language struggles to express the experience of pain, but falters and fails. We cannot help but make circular reference as we attempt to describe it– "it burns like fire," "it pierces like an ice-pick," or "it pounds relentlessly." When it catches us off-guard we blurt out "Ow!" or "Ouch!," and when it takes us beyond all endurance we groan and cry out with inhuman screams.

In the Belly of Sheol

Death and taxes—the inevitability of these two provoke the cliche. And while the forcible extraction of citizens' finances generates endless debate, the ending of life enjoys no such conversational popularity.

Waiting...

Waiting is a beautiful thing. However, a time of waiting typically compels us to feel tense, upset, even angry. Despite our common reactions, waiting remains a profoundly lovely and refreshing time.