Heather Jephcott writes

Expiry Date

She begin to allow her mind

to run through that which had an expiry date

all the things that she would not be able to take with her

to the place beyond the grave.

She wondered about her own past words.....

it was possible that they might hold some significance to a few after she was no longer

on planet earth but would that be even noticed in heaven?

She was absolutely certain that people were very important

spending time with them,

helping them,

loving them,

all the ones being sent her way.

She wanted what she did, what she said,

to have eternal significance, a worthwhileness

that was more than just here today and gone tomorrow

although she felt in her heart

that some of today's significance

had much to do with tomorrow

and forever.

But what things really did not matter?

What things could not be taken in any way

into eternity?

there was nothing rotten and bad there....

and she knew that as much as she liked books,

they would not be coming but surely beautiful words

might possibly be remembered, and wonderful stories too?

Perfection is part of eternity

but not part of our own existence now.

Love never ends

and will continue on into the perfection of heaven

Prophecies, language, knowledge
will come to an end;
For now we only know in part,

therefore all writing, drawing, singing, cooking, working,

speaking, preaching is only part of something

far bigger and greater

and
when the perfect comes,
the partial will come to an end.

The Good News about what was valuable to her here now

and would flow into the here after

were relationships, and always loving and forgiving

and following in the footsteps of the Saviour.

Using the gifts she had been given to bless others

was high on that list.

Where she lived, what she wore and things like that

were only relevant, only received their significance

if they helped in this grand mission

of loving others. 

Connected intricately with love

was beauty....

and the shadows now of pure beauty's exquisite nature

would to be revealed then in magical heavenly colours

where God is even more evident than He is here on earth.

She was trying to use her gifts to create beauty,

pale in comparison to that which God had already made

but still, an offering to be used as He saw fit, however He desired.