Tonight I opened my Bible to Ecclesiastes and started reading at chapter 2. I stopped at Ecclesiastes 3:11 - "Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted
eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole
scope of God's work from beginning to end."
I have read the "He has made all things beautiful in it's time" part many times, in many places - I even used to have a little decorative plate with that on it. A friend gave it to me and I was sad to part with it when I came to Tanzania. I have referred to that portion of this verse many times in the past several years. God has truly transformed some ugly things in my life into beautiful things, and I am so thankful!
That second part though... I've read it before, but tonight it's blowing my mind. "He has planted eternity in the human heart" that means He has planted eternity in my heart. And what, exactly, does that mean? In my mind, at this moment, it means that he has put everything in my heart. Everything that I need to know, everything that I need to know him... everything that I need to walk out His plan for my life. He has put everything from beginning to end...in my heart. That's huge! That is crazy...
Then the last of it... "but even so, people cannot see the whole
scope of God's work from beginning to end" that part... God has all these amazing plans... for my life, for your life, for my neighbors life, for the lives of the precious children that I teach at school, for the lives of those two little babies that I held this Sunday at church; but no matter how hard I try I will never understand or be able to see any more than just a tiny glimpse of any of it.
I told someone tonight "I just wish I could see the future right now". Many times it seems as if life would be so much easier if I could just see what will happen next week, next month, next year! But we all know that's not how it works.
I am so thankful that God knows what my future holds. I am thankful that He has a very detailed plan for all of my tomorrows, and all I have to do is hold His hand and follow His lead. I am beyond thankful that He has created so much beauty in my life and continues to create more. He has planted eternity in my heart... now I want to figure out how to properly tend it. How can I best grab hold of what has been placed in my heart and use that to bring my life into greater alignment with the plans that my Father has for my life?
