Through New Eyes

Just a quick thought I thought I might share:

It snowed here in Bozeman all night and this morning and by 11 am everything was covered in that lovely layer of white stuff we have all been anticipating for awhile now. Then the snow stopped, the clouds moved on, and the sun came out to let its rays dance across the newly formed landscape. As Christians (and even many pagans), we are reminded of purity, of washing, of a holy covering when we see the way the first few snowfalls cover everything around us in such a brilliant white. Another normal thing I noticed today was the intense, blinding, but wonderful glare that reflected off everything when the sun came out; and it made me think, "When we are made perfectly pure in Christ, when sin's corruption on the earth has been fully redeemed, when we stand as witnesses of Christ's final and complete victory, on our long-awaited wedding day, what effect will the light of Christ (the Son) have on a landscape now made perfectly pure? What new eyes will be needed to handle the intensity of such holiness and purity?"