Another blazing reminder of who holds the universe in His hands.  This photo was taken early last fall near the St. Louis Art Museum in Forest Park.  It was a glowing sunset that loudly commanded me to look up for the answers to my dilemmas and longings. The scriptures tell us that creation groans as in the pains of childbirth for its redemption.  We hope for what we cannot yet see and wait patiently, knowing that the promise of eternity is offered to those who love Him and trust His words.

Romans 8:18

"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.  For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.  For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God."