This is the Corrupted Version?!

Rick and I have spent some time last week and this on two different trips to the coast. One to Northern California (Fort Bragg) and one to Central California (Santa Barbara and Morro Bay area).

As we were driving north of Santa Barbara on Highway 101 today, the sun was sparkling on the ocean, a cool breeze stirring tantalizing scents and teasing the palm tree tips, Rich Mullins filling our 4Runner with his classic Creed. I mused, "It doesn't get ANY better than this!"

Then suddenly I thought, "Oh yes, it does!"

This glorious earth with all its breathtaking beauty will one day fade away and be replaced with the Real Deal. This is only the corrupted version!

"All creation anticipates the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay." Romans 8:21

"But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world where everyone is right with God." 2 Peter 3:13

"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared." Revelation 21:1

I can't begin to imagine what the new world will be like! All I know is that He will be there, and He is more beautiful than the finest day here...