Thomas Traherne ends this excerpt by riveting back to a time when he was a child. He brings us into his perspective on how he viewed the world the first time, and could not see fault. How can you see fault, when there is nothing to compare with? The world was all his, and he viewed everything as spotless, pure, and glorious. He didn't know of sins, complaints, laws, vices, guilt, tears, or quarrels; instead, all he saw was joyful and precious. How sweet it must be to see something for the first time, untainted, unblemished, and seemingly pure to the beholder. Is this how God views us?
Perhaps when he views us, he sees us as we are: perfect. He made us this way, in our proper place, and our specific image, and we work best in this image of ourselves. I wonder if we will every learn to desire objects, and people so perfectly, that we can't desire them any other way.
I'd like to believe that this is what marriage will look like.
But yet again, it seems to be unrealistic.
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