About a month ago, I traveled by airplane; I'd like to share my journal entry reflecting my flight from Minneapolis, MN to St. Louis, MO.

I boarded the plane and the sky was still dark - the ground was dark too. After we take off I could only see lights on the ground, nothing else. Shortly after, the horizon started to get a stripe of color and I realized I was looking east. The colors were red and orange at first, changing to orange and yellow, the sky got bluer as the colors got more intense. Like a fire below the surface, the rays/flames were shooting and reaching up. Now, the ground is visible. I can see the twists and turns of the rivers and streams below. The land looks like a scrambled patchwork. The sun bright orange and burning intensely peaks above the horizon. God, the world You created for us is totally awesome!

Once the sun peaks, it seemed to rise quickly, and is almost half showing now Good Morning! It’s up, fully up, in all its splendor! WOW! The horizon still has stripes of misty color, but like fog it’s disappearing. The sun is level with me at this point - yet it’s just barely off the horizon. It’s so bright I can’t see to write after looking at it!

I can see buildings on the ground now everything is getting lighter.

So this is a “bird’s eye view”. How it feels to soar and fly like an eagle! WOW! TOTALLY AWESOME!Thank You God! I’ve been blessed and given favor yet again! You’re too cool!

Now we’re lower and I can see the mist coming off the water below. Like fluffy, swirls, misty cords, tunnels of clouds along the river and streams.

“What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and has not entered into the heart of man, [all that] God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him (who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed)” I Corinthians 2:9

I tried to realize all the beauty I’d ever seen and heard all the wonderful emotions I’d ever felt and they don’t even come close to what God has prepared for me!

Heaven is beyond human comprehension, pearl gates, golden streets, angels singing and playing, peace, joy and love. Just like the line from that song: “We will dance on the streets that are golden, the glorious bride and the great Son of Man”.

Our God is truly an awesome God; His creation is beyond words.

For this, I am thankful.

© Deb Nelson 2001