I was reflecting just the other day on a rather mystical concept introduced to me through the writings of Phillip Yancey.
That is, pleasures enjoyed in their proper context, (time and quantity) may well be a foretaste of what God has in store for the believer. These would include alcohol at life giving celebrations and sex in the context and bounds of the marriage covenant, amongst other things.
Some pleasures though, I find, are "so just, just there"...that they seem to exist only as a whisper, on the very periphery of this life and Heaven.
For me, these definitely include:
1) A well wooded cabernet sauvignon, sipped from the paper thin edge of a large Polo wine goblet.
2) The first drop of a cold beer on a hot Australian Sunday afternoon
3) The ethereal sound of the saxaphone as it enters, and then nonchalantly wanders through a cool blue Chris Rea track.
Many things stimulate the senses. Though, few have the intensity to reach beyond and touch the soul - reminding you that you are still, so very, very much alive!
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2 comments:
Beautifully expressed Lionfish! Ahhh...yes. For me:
- the first taste of chocolate as the bitter-sweetness hits the tastebuds
- the smell of the breeze as it dances off the surface of the ocean, a subtle mixture of salt and drying seaweed on the beach
- The song of a meadowlark when heard in a silent wood and the scents of the mossy forest all around
- The first drops of a cool shower that hit the top of your head on a very hot and sweaty day
- The sound of thunder and lightening when I am safely curled up under my downy quilt
Have an awesome Tuesday and thank you for sharing.
Hi Becaky,
Wow! AFter I wrote that I also thought about the first feel of saltwater on your face as you enter the water for the first time in a while.
My wife would agree with you on chocolate...must be a 'girl thing'. In our house it is chocolate, not love, that covers a multitude of sins :-)
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