Look Up Toward Heaven

I brought my youngest son the other day to his summer classes. I was reviewing him their past lesson about things colored green and blue. I pointed to him what’s the color of the sky. He said white, referring to the clouds. I said, no the sky. Finally he said blue, asking me further why heaven is blue! That’s the hardest part! Why kids are so good in asking hard-to-answer questions like that? All i got to answer him was, because that’s how it was created, blue. He said, ahh, but I don’t know if he understood what I answered.

Now that I am sitting here in front of my laptop and thinking of something worthy to write, I realize there is more to that answer. Yes, that’s how God created the sky - blue. When we actually look up to the sky (nope, we don’t see Superman) we see the marvel work of God in creating that beauty, right? I don’t know if you have the same felling, but when I look up to the sky, I sort of feel some sense of peace and calmness. So beautiful! More so, when we are looking up toward the sky we feel that beyond that clouds and that blue sky, there is heaven. Well, scientifically of course, beyond the earth’s atmosphere is the outerspace!

One of the things I appreciated when I was still mountain-climbing in college was the feeling of being so close to God when we reach the mountain summit. It’s like, after all the toils in climbing up - the bruises, the physical and mental challenges - when you reach that top and feel so close to the sky, all those hardships are gone. Of course, we don’t need to climb a mountain to enjoy and appreciate the sky. All our problems are like mountains that we have to climb, right? What we just have to do is keep on going and don’t forget to look up - just trust everything to HIM!

Let me share you this nice poem:

Look Up Toward Heaven
With your arms raised,
look up! toward heaven.
Say, Father I receive.
Father, in the name of Jesus;
you are praised.
In Jesus I believe.
In heaven are where our
treasures are.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, has
prepared the way.
The Spirit of Truth is at
your side.
Never very far.
Trust in the Father.
To our faithful Jesus, who is
our King,
humble yourself, and give
praise.
Look toward heaven above.
Open your humble Christian
heart, and receive.
Our Creator’s eternal love.
In Jesus, I pray you believe.

by Jim Smart

               

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