You’ve noticed the Bible, for all its complexity, is vivid with imagery. That’s because images engage not just the mind but the imagination. And goodness knows we need some imagination to comprehend transcendent truths. For example, God’s meta-story of garden to city. Imagine that flourishing garden paradise ordered from chaos…then the rebel no-man’s-land…the ghettos…the wilderness…a homeland…the temple…a foreign land…the New Kingdom…the City of God. See, we’ve conjured Scripture’s story in our imagination! And speaking of that story, I wonder if you recognized where you are in that narrative? Tap, as it were, into the overlap of a foreign land and God’s New Kingdom. What comes into focus is the In-between. Some have called it the Now-and-not-yet. This is where we find ourselves. God’s word has particular wisdom for this sojourn as we, restless for The King’s return, persist in following Jesus. We’re given, yes, images. Vivid pictures that goad, reassure, and inspire our faith and resolve. Can you even get more practical?! So, let’s pack our bags with a cache of these images as we navigate the Meantime.
Author: Sarah Raiter
Sarah Raiter is a wife, mum, grandmother, author, and artist. She grew up Pakistan, and went back there with her husband and children. You'll now find Sarah empty-nesting at St James Old Cathedral where Mike and she live and worship. Through art and words, Sarah "creates for the sheer joy of it, the discipline of it, the compulsion of it… and the kinship through it.  I create, as I pray with all my life, that there might be glimpses of refracted truth and glory." For more of her work, see https://containingcolor.wordpress.com