Fiber Optics

"And when He thus had spoken He cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth."  And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes:  and his face was bound about with a napkin.  Jesus saith unto them, "Loose him, and let him go."
John 11:43 & 44

I have a lamp which is truly beautiful.  It doesn't give any light, but it is fascinating to watch.  It is a floral display of fiber optics.  Now I don't begin to understand fiber optics, but then, I don't understand television or VCRs, or any number of other things.  But that doesn't stop me from enjoying them.

This lamp has slender threads of plastic coming up through the center of the flowers.  At the very tip end of each fiber of plastic, the light shines.  The fiber itself doesn't light up, only the tip end.  Since it has a color wheel under it, the colors of the light change continually.  So what you get is this constantly changing panorama of twinkling star points.  It's like looking up into the heavens on a beautiful clear night.  Only this is in color.  I can't really explain it.  

And I think this is how Lazarus felt after Christ restored him to life.  You notice that nowhere do we read about what he saw or did during those four days that he was dead.  I expect what he experienced was so far beyond human understanding that Lazarus couldn't begin to describe it.  So he didn't even try.  He just enjoyed the memory and looked forward to experiencing it again someday.

That's the way it is sometimes.  Some things are just to be enjoyed, not explained.

My prayer for today:  Thank You Father, for the many joys You give us in life.  Especially those we don't understand.