Grass & the Eternal Now

Yesterday, I sat beneath a deep blue sky and sparkling sunshine and watched the grass grow.
The beauty of it all filled me with the sensation of being on the cusp of understanding at last the mystery of life. It was as if I had been offered a taste of heaven and then, as I opened my mouth to take a bite, the sensation - along with any possible understanding - evaporated quicker than a tick's sneeze.

This often happens whenever I am enjoying a sublime moment, be it in nature or with loved ones or under the spell of some artistic work of genius.
 So close and yet so far.
I like to think, to believe, such moments are glimpses into eternity offered to us by God so that we may know what awaits us on the other side of the one way door.
He gives us a foretaste of heaven...as 1 Corinthians 2:9 says, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

All of His great creation that teases us with an ineffable joy is but a tantalizing appetizer for the feast to come.
The verdant grass that swayed like a slow motion hula dancer in the gentle breeze trapped me like a fly in amber, caught in a moment of eternity that ended before it began.
It came to me that heaven is that moment, that moment of joyful bliss, which ends before it begins, or- as I prefer - heaven has no beginning or end, it is the moment for ever.

The Eternal Now.


This Eternal Now is the ultimate 'living in the moment', when all that ever was or will be in time, that is to say, in our earthly existence, which brings us momentary joy will now be ever present in eternity, in the Eternal Now...all the golden sunsets and snowy nights and all the crashing waves and croaking frogs and cooing doves and humming hummingbirds...all the sublime paintings and overwhelming symphonies and heart rending poetry...a quiet moment with a great book...or warm companion, the laughter of children and the welcoming nuzzling of a dog's wet nose against your cheek, on and on from hearty meals to thirst slaking drink, and - most wonderful of all, the smiles and hugs and kisses of loved ones...all the glimpses into eternity God provides us in time and finally part of the Eternal Now. 

Kierkegaard remarked, "God does not exist; He is eternal."
United with God in heaven, finally we too shall be part of eternity, in the Eternal Now, the ever present present.
Enjoy a taste of the ineffable:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMJPZ-mu-Ts