We saw a
Salvador Dali museum in Paris. I have always liked his work – though one may
need a book or a tour guide to understand it fully: the melting clocks and
other items that typify surrealism.
We were also
able to go the Giverny and see Monet’s gardens. I have seen Monet’s paintings before and I admit that I have never been that much of a fan. I once, in
university, for a class had to review some of his work. I ran through
everything I knew about the techniques he used and everything else. My
professor was really impressed and was starting to comment on my analysis
before I had spoken the concluding words of my presentation which were, “and I
don’t like that”.
But then I saw
up front and in person the objects Monet was painting and I understood. French
Impressionism made sense to me in an instant. That which I never used to even
understand, let alone appreciate, when I saw the reality it was
representing with my own eyes, when I was able to see the light on the water,
and smell the flowers in the air, I understood and was impressed by Monet’s
impression.
This reminds
me of 1 Corinthians 13:12 for all of life here and now is just seeing through
the glass darkly. It is like we are looking at an impressionist’s or a
surrealist's paintings: There are many things we don’t understand but in the
end all will be revealed. The mystery and the majesty of the love of God and
Christ, at the end of it all, will be revealed when, like with Monet’s garden
we see and experience God and His new creation with our own newly re-created
eyes and eternal bodies where there is no more suffering and no more decay but
only the love of God – then and only then will we no longer see through the glass darkly but fully understand His Majesty!
1 Corinthians 13:12: For now we see in a glass, darkly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
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