Pondering the Invisible

Out of what could not be seen has come everything that is visible.  "Ever since the creation of the world His eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things He has made."  (Romans 1:20).  The creation not only bears the imprint of the holy, but also serves the Creator as a manifestation of His glory and His presence in the world.  Through the creation so much of the invisible is made visible.  Of course, we miss so much of what could be seen because we live without any expectation that the holy is indeed in every common bush.    

A little over twelve years ago, there was nothing here where the house which has become a home stands.  And while I say nothing, such is not true for what God had put on that small piece of land that would be our home was there.  Over the course of six months I watched as men dug a rectangular shaped trench, put in blocks and concrete, and then up from the ground came a wooden frame and roof that would become the place to which we would always return as home.  Back then it seemed that there was nothing to be seen on this hill and now what visibly stands is the center of the life lived on the farm.    

What is now visible was first seen as a dream, then as an architectural sketch, and finally as a visible structure called home.  I have often taken those first words from Genesis and pondered how everything that has come to be first existed in the mind of God.  It was invisible.  And though so much of what was in His mind has become visible to us, it is beyond our ability to imagine how much still remains in the invisible realm waiting on the divine directive which will make it seen as all the creation is seen.  And, perhaps, there are those among who catch glimpses of what is invisible all around us simply because their spirit's eyes have learned to see what most of us are too busy to see.