Watercolor Wednesday: City life

Have you ever thought about how life in the new heaven and new earth will revolve around a city? Well, that’s the picture we see in Revelation 21:1–2: “Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth,’ for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.” For many people, living in a city is not their ideal. Pollution, noise, crowding, crime – all things that they want to avoid. And, of course, the lack of the beauty of nature surrounding them.

But the city John speaks of in Revelation will be like none we’ve ever experienced. I can only imagine what it will be like. We’ll definitely not experience excess noise or overcrowding!

Take a few moments to enjoy this abstract painting by my dad, Leo Boucher, of a part of New York City, as you contemplate the new city.

Do you like city life? Why or why not?