If you ran into someone who has never tasted chocolate, how would you describe it to them? Do you think you could come anywhere close to getting them to understand what it tastes like? Probably not. Well, definitely not.

That is how I think it often is when we think of God working in our lives. He comes from an eternal perspective that no amount of description will alow us to understand -- not in this world at least. He is, always has been and always will be. The Christian's life is and always will be but, still, how do you gain a perspective on that?

We know time as it exists in our lives today. 60 seconds to a minute. 60 minutes to an hour. 24 hours in a day. 7 days in a week. 52 weeks in a year. Maybe 80 or so years in our life on earth. That is all we can comprehend.

It's easy to get frustrated when we feel like we're always waiting on something. Whether waiting in line, waiting for the mail to come, waiting for our food to be served, or waiting to hear from God, we're always waiting. In fact, in a world where everyone just wants things done more quickly, and technology continually supports that, it becomes even harder for us to slow down and wait and see and listen ... for God.

Like trying to explain how chocolate tastes, I don't think we can really grasp what eternity means.