Or What’s A Heaven For?
by Bill Brant on Sep.20, 2010, under Hope
In 1855, at the age of 43, an English man penned the question: “ Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp or what’s a Heaven for?”
Robert Browning, a major poet of the Victorian Age and husband of equally famous poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning and considered a “hottie” of the time, framed the query in his Andrea Del Sarto, “The Faultless Painter”. In dramatic style, the concept is formed that humans strive for things seemingly unattainable. Yet they still reach, struggle, stretch in hope of acquiring that which they desire.
One hundred and fifty five years later you and I are no different, except that we accept the flimsy instead of the real. We grasp for fame, fortune, wannabeism, fashions of the moment and chose not to aspire for the things that are eternally important and significant.
So what are you reaching for? Once you attain it, will it really be worthwhile? Where is God in your life or is He?
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