Auburn Weekend

Well, this past Friday night and Saturday we packed up the family and headed to the loveliest village on the plains (a.k.a. Auburn, for you neophytes out there!) for the first time since we left the country over four years ago. What a beautiful weekend! The whole way there, as I drove, I looked out my windshield at the spectacular colors of Fall at its peak. The reds, oranges, and yellows, together with the remnant of green in the trees reminded me that we have a spectacular God, who created all this in its beauty and intricacy! And, to think that this is creation in travail. Just wait until the new heavens and the new earth. How grand that sight will be!

We went to the Auburn-Arkansas State game; it was my son's first football game in person. We watched the eagle (Tiger) fly just over our heads (quite a sight really!). But perhaps the most inspirational, for me, was the sound of 87,000 people singing "God bless America." Yes, I know that all were probably not Christians. But it reminded me a little of what heaven will be like, when a great throng, which no man can number, will sing a new song unto the Lord. It won't (for sure) be "God bless America" but singing it on Saturday afternoon made me long for heaven, when we will all sing "worthy is the Lamb to receive glory, honor, riches, and blessing forever!"

Maranatha!