The end in mind

When Zeke proudly explained that he had drawn a picture of Jesus and a rainbow, I told him he had drawn the end of the story.  I explained to him that at the end of the Bible, Jesus sits on a throne surrounded by a green rainbow (Revelation 4:3).  And it was a circle rainbow no less- just like he had drawn.

He was pumped.

As we live in this broken world, it's important to live with the end in mind.

Not that it's even the end- it's much more like a new beginning- but living with the end in mind helps us patiently endure stomach bugs and lost jobs and death and all the brokenness that sometimes just seems like too much for our hearts to take.

All things new, emerald rainbows, a Man of love sitting on a throne- these are the stuff hope is made of.

Philippians 4:8  "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-- think about such things."