Heaven was opened ....

Heaven was opened...

There are times when storm clouds gather or fade away that they open with rays of light that reach across the sky, touching the earth for miles around...I love to watch the play of light and the changes in the patterns...
It can happen with cloudy skies at sunrise or sunset as well....the patterns, sometimes a rainbow, it can be colorful or black and white depending on the atmosphere  around it...what beauty...

I used to always think or "pretend" that those rays were openings in the sky for those who died to have a lighted path heavenward...and would stop and pray for them, whoever they were...not really a bad habit...it keeps us looking toward the heavens...watching...

Reading in Matthew and Luke...

As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
Matthew 3:16-17

When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
Luke 3:21-22

Heaven was opened ....can you imagine?..A voice speaking, God...what a glorious event that must have been...so much love, so much sacrifice...so much planned for him to do, be and say...so much to give...

And later after his ministry here was completed...that heaven opened for his ascension and will in the future open for His return...

After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
Acts 1:9-11

So when storm clouds gather, rays of light extend to the earth...I thank YOU for the reminder of your Son, your words, His return...thank YOU....