I was asked an interesting question on my Tumbler today. It was based on a quote by Buckminster Fuller about utopia. The question is: If you could snap your fingers and create a utopia, what would it look like?
Oddly enough, my first reaction wasn't Jesus! New Jerusalem! Maybe it should have been, as a Christian, but it wasn't. I think my first reaction actually said a lot about me as a person beyond myself as a Christian (or perhaps as the authentic person I am in Christ.)
My initial response was: more art. More beauty. More people doing what they would love and less concern for money. And then I threw in something pithy about making Rupaul President of the US.
But the sentiment is interesting, isn't it? Aren't people hung up on utopia? From zombies to nuclear war to Ray Bradbury to Left Behind (the series) to HG Wells, the idea of utopia has hung on our minds since the fall (and even more clearly dystopia).
Think about it. What does utopia look like for you?
Well, in the case of this blog, I would like to offer this song for consideration:
I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe): http://youtu.be/N_lrrq_opng
This song is all about the idea of heaven as unimaginable and I like this idea. I think we take God for granted. The idea of his holiness and deity has been cast aside with tradition in favor of his softer and more feel good qualities. But we can't forget that God is deity and all goodness, pure light, and...well, its like that scene from the Raiders of the Lost Ark where the Nazis all get face melty.
This song is pretty romantic in its worship of God and our relationship to the divine. It doesn't dwell on streets of gold or whether we're still married as angels or what happens to free will, but it talks about how God is there. How Jesus, the big kahuna of redemption and love, is there and has waited for us to be with him.
I imagine my utopia as art. God imagines his utopia as us with perfect bodies and no sin. What does that tell you? What does that stir in your heart and minds?
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