Why himmelblick?

Himmelblick means sky view or, more to the point of my choice of this name, heaven view.  I find myself seeing this world with a view toward heaven a lot these days.  Let me explain.  A few months ago, after some six weeks of not feeling quite right physically, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.  This really rocked my world, but as I came to a resolution of this new reality, I started to operate in this world with a real sense of what comes next--thus a himmelblick.  Now I don't plan on leaving this world soon, but my perspective of the brevity of our current physical life on planet Earth, whether it is 25 or 125 years, and the eternal nature of the next world is constantly at the forefront of my thinking and decision making.  For this blessing in perspective I am grateful.  

This all means that I now want to live my life in a fashion that has eternal impact and meaning, a heavenly viewpoint; not storing for me treasures in this life, but laying up for myself treasures in heaven for there is where my heart will be also, as Jesus said.  So thus my heart is now set.  I desire to love better, to listen with intent, and to look with wonderment. Wishing to engage those that God places in the path of my life not so much with a temporal disposition, but with an eternal one is my desire. 

So--himmelblick.  Maybe this short rambling is somewhat explicative of the reason for my choosing this word.  I feel like a ship that is sailing on current that is not of its choosing, that has steered it off its intended course. I am choosing to engage in this adventure fully and with joy, knowing where it is taking me ultimately, whether that is in a couple of years or 30 years.

This  blog is intended to update, for my family and friends, this adventure.  So I say bon voyage Eddie.