Time and Eternity on the Tannoy
Recently I've been reflecting upon the whole notion of confidence. We mere mortals need to be more humble as we pass through time into eternity. Especially those of the evangelical kind. Sometimes we can act as though we know everything, or we can give that impression. We leave no room for doubt or those who might want to question.
Dare I say it, I'm sure when growing up I was even part of that merry band. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we cannot speak of what we have come to understand with a certain amount of confidence. Peter in his epistle tells us to be ready to give a reason for the hope that we have deep within us.
I'm simply saying we need to remember, we don't see or understand the complete picture. We only see through a glass darkly, as Paul says in Corinthians 13. Anyway here are some musing on the topic. While You read have a listen to " Gabrel's Oboe, "Gabriel's Oboe" from the Mission. I find this piece of music has a wonderful reassuring quality saying all will be well.
TIME ETERNITY ON THE TANNOY
To be standing in the midst of chaos
Like a traveller passing through the night
To feel there'll be no tomorrow
If you don't get on the next flight
An announcement on the tannoy
Tries to re-assure your mind
But the voice is so familiar
You could be listening to yourself
To be walking in the midst of protest
Like a prophet fool of doubt
To know there will be a judgement
Even if the Jury's out
Then you read a headline in the newspaper
Of what you dreamt the night before
And it sounded so familiar
Like the opening of a door
To be stumbling on the edge of freedom
Like a blind man gaining sight
To take one step forward
And begin dancing in the light
And a voice like a thousand rivers
Roars a welcome not yet heard
And etermity spins in silence
Leaving time to close the door
