Cross Reverberations

Reverberation is the persistence of sound in a particular space after the original sound is removed.  A reverberation, or reverb, is created when a sound is produced in an enclosed space causing a large number of echoes to build up and then slowly decay as the sound is absorbed by the walls and air. In comparison to a distinct echo that is 50 to 100ms after the initial sound, reverberation is many thousands of echoes that arrive in very quick succession . As time passes, the volume of the many echoes is reduced until the echoes cannot be heard at all. 

This definition is so spiritual to me; Jesus was "removed/taken up" from this earth, but the "persistent" reverberations of Him LIVING IN OTHERS AND ME and LIVING THROUGH OTHERS AND ME cause "echos" to build. These echos are written on the cross He told me to take up and they are my testimony. This painting reverberates with fire on the outside moving in to the golden color inside; that's how we come forth as gold in His Refiner's Fire. The small pink cross is for perspective; our cross is not and never will be like the one that He chose to endure. Pink is the color for grace (AMAZING GRACE).  If you look closely, you'll see V shapes that resemble arms raised in victory. I am quickened to remember the hymn "Victory in Jesus."  

I have had glimpses of the "On earth AS IT IS in heaven" type of worship and praise, but it is never enough. My heart is Homesick for the place where the sounds of praise never decay nor echos cease their glorious reverberations.