Brilliant Color

Since I was little, I have had an artistic eye. Balance, composition, space, color, and more words like them are just part of me – the way I think and what I see. I don’t just notice a tree – I see the shape of the tree, the color of its leaves against the shade of blue the sky happens to be that day, the lay of the land around the tree and where it takes my eye. All this information is taken in without any effort or intention.

Sometimes, we see the most beautiful, amazing sight while out in nature – the landscape becomes the most beautiful picture. Vivid colors, flowing composition, appropriate mood setting, and perfect balance and harmony. No photograph or painting could capture that moment. That place is real, you are there, you can feel it.

This morning as I was thanking God for such a pleasant, merry spring day, I was struck with the awesomeness of how beautiful heaven must be. It is so much more beautiful than even the most gorgeous place I have ever seen or visited. My artistic-driven mind cannot even comprehend how perfect heaven looks and feels. In heaven, there must be colors that are even more brilliant and different than any color we have ever seen – colors that I cannot imagine.

Consider that “color” as we see it, is scientifically explainable. Color is visually percepted in humans, it comes from the spectrum of light (distribution of light energy versus wavelength), and it interacts with the capabilities of the human eye. The colors we see are based on the way God created the earth and our bodies.

We know that on earth there are laws of nature that God put in motion (such as gravity) and many things he changed in nature after the great flood in Noah’s day (see Genesis chapter 9). But we also know that in heaven these laws do not have dominion and we will have “glorified bodies.”

So, who can imagine how beautiful and wonderful heaven is? In my human body, I can only trust God and know that it is beyond anything I can ask or imagine. I’m glad the Creator of the universe is my friend and I will be there with Him soon because Jesus lives in my heart. God’s ways are perfect and His colors are amazing.