There Can Be NOTHING Better Than THIS!! - - - ?? - - - REALLY???

On Wednesday morning, I sat in the gazebo, enjoying a wonderful cup of Hazelnut coffee, surveying meticulously every detail of God's awesome creation that my little finite mind could define, and listening intently to all the amazing sounds that God has orchestrated for HIS pleasure. I was absolutely thrilled with the non-rhythmic symphony that the water delicately trickled out as it fell lazily back into the pond, punctuated only with periodic distortions created by the soft whisper of a gentle breeze. Birds sang to each other, and a robin and robinness were caught up in a "domestic dispute," I think, which settled quickly, and harmony returned. I watched breathlessly -literally!- as my hummingbird feeder saw its first guest arrive and settle onto the little bar, driving its long bill deeply into the simulated flower, and begin to drink unhurriedly.

I watched as my fish darted to the surface of the pond, snatched bits of their flaky food, and disappeared with a slight splash, leaving circles of rippling water, overlapping each other as every circle raced for the edges of the pond. Oh, I smiled at the wonderful thought that these things of creation which our Creator permits us to take in fleetingly, were CREATED FOR HIS PLEASURE!!!

"Ahh!" I mused, sipping my coffee, letting it settle on my tongue, and enjoying the wonderful taste before swallowing it, "What could be ANY better than this??!! - There is NOTHING better than..."

"...WITH CHRIST, WHICH IS FAR BETTER;" (Philippians 1:23)

Suddenly I realized, the things that are so good and so pleasant and so right and so just are only little teeny tiny examples of what it is going to be like WITH CHRIST!!!! (Yes, I know, I was redundant with my speech, but I really, really wanted to share that we can only imagine the littlest speck of what it is going to be like WITH our Lord!!) - - - And likewise, the absolute very worst thing that could ever possibly happen on this earth is only the littlest, tiniest speck that we can possibly imagine what it is going to be like for eternity WITHOUT CHRIST!

So, may the God of Creation, be the center of our focus and OUR PLEASURE, since the things that ARE created were created for HIS pleasure!!!!