CQOD: 08/23/05 -- Swete: the age to come

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 23, 2005

Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617

Meditation:
    And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
    -- Ephesians 2:6,7 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    For the saints in the world to come, there can be no change in the object of their faith and hope and love. They have Christ, they have God, and they are satisfied. There can be no monotony in the contemplation and worship of the Infinite. Their great possession is unchangeable, but also inexhaustible; no change is possible where all is love and truth. The center of the heavenly life is fixed and immovable, but the circumference may ever be advancing towards the center, the saints may ever be drawing nearer and nearer to the goal which they can never reach. There may be progress in knowledge, progress in enjoyment, progress in service—a progress which at every point will open up new wonders, new opportunities, new outlooks into a greater future, and as that future unfolds itself, new and unexpected scopes for the energies of redeemed men, new ways of fellowship with God in Christ, new companionships with the good and great of past generations, and with angelic beings who have watched and guarded us in life, and rejoiced over our repentance, and are ready to welcome us into the eternal mansions, and will share our worship and our work, our service and our joy, in the ages to come.
    ... Henry Barclay Swete (1835-1917)

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Quiet time reflection:
    I praise you, Lord, for the promised glory that is to come.

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