Monday, March 22, 2010

Context is Everything


Church: All Seats Free
Originally uploaded by paynehollow
So, I had cause to stop in at a local church other than mine the other day. It's a pretty traditional, conservative church in many ways, but it's also fairly hip, with lots of energetic and kind young adults and a beautiful emphasis upon the arts.

While I was there, I looked around at some of their very interesting art on the walls and I noticed a nice, professional-looking poster for a Bible study or something that included a quote from Revelation 21...

He who was seated on the throne said, "Behold! I am making everything new!"

The book of Revelations is not my favorite, so I didn't pay that much attention to it, I just went on to look at some of the other art on display.

After a while, nature called and I made a visit to the bathroom and noticed the same poster that I saw earlier, only this time, it was right above the toilet!

He who was seated on the throne said, "Behold! I am making everything new!"

But now, well NOW, I had a whole new image of the meaning of the verse.

Hadn't ever thought of it that way before...

2 comments:

catastrophile said...

Niiiiiiice.

Geoffrey Kruse-Safford said...

Now that's funny. No more sorrow, no more pain, for the former things will be washed away.