infinity

"All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of the Lord stands forever."

i am Such a finite being. i chase after the finite, wishing that it were infinite. sometimes, under guilt of this, i underdefine the finite - thinking that it is nothing. but, we are not nothing - not in god's sight.
jesus did amazing things, taking the form of man under the judgement of sin that was not his - and gave meaning to finite existence. he gives the opportunity for people to follow him, to know a life dead to sin and resurrected to infinity. "life to the full" - what a phrase.

the lord knows mankind strive to live forever. isaac newton bent most of his thought on it - so much so, that the major discoveries that we associate with him now, gravity, calculus, optics, are mere side-projects, peripheral (in his eyes) to his quest in seeking successful alchemy. he never attained this dream.

and, he was a christian.

how straightforward is it to see the finite as our saviour, in comparison to being asked to trust in something we cannot grasp as our lasting hope,

but how glorious are the results now, let alone in heaven, in opting for the image of the invisible god.

"Guard my life and rescue me;
let me not be put to shame,
for I take refuge in you"