Kingdom on the Horizon

Symbolically speaking, a horizon symbolizes a boundary between the known and the unknown that includes both limits and infinite possibilities. It represents hope and opportunity. The eastern horizon where the sun rises is a powerful symbol for new beginnings, hope, and the start of a new day. Colossians 3:1 says it this way, “Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes in the morning.”

Oren

The creator stripped Oren’s beauty from him. For the first time in his life, Oren felt naked. All his flaws that he had guarded so religiously were exposed. He began to feel shame. He wanted to hide, but there was no place to run; no place to hide.

Who is God?

Joy? I thought. “Are we talking about the same God?” I asked my friend. Then I explained my fearful thoughts I had about God and about dying. Pastor Jared Carlson said in his sermon, “When life is lived apart from the Author of Life, death is all that remains.” That is were I had been living.