Thinking about Heaven quite a bit lately.
I do not pretend to know what heaven is like...other than what it says in scripture;
which was a series I did last February (and here I am again almost the same time of year thinking on Heaven)
There is a lot in scripture to help us understand a bit about Heaven, but then we still can not "really know" what it will be like when we are there. My series was to help us realize that we know enough. We KNOW we will be with Jesus! Do we need to know more than that?
The thought that occurred to me the other day while I was praying and thinking of those who have gone on to Heaven, was just a glimpse of what it may be like from our viewpoint.
We will be seeing through Jesus eyes...with his heart. As much as we strive for that here on earth, it will be complete there.
📖 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12
Everything...everyone...we see or interact with here on earth is seen through our human eyes, and heart.
Even as we work each day to be more like Jesus and love everyone as He does.....we still are in our fleshly bodies, with our history and experiences.
BUT in Heaven, in the presence of the Father and the Son .
every thing we encounter in Heaven, whether we recognize people, or know who they are;
we will be "seeing" without bias or prejudice, without history, without hurt or pain.
CAN YOU IMAGINE!?! Experiencing a situation, interacting with someone without any of that!
THAT IS HEAVEN!
and though it is difficult, that is what we should strive for every day.
📖 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. James 1:19-25
To allow Christ in us to be bigger than all that in us.
📖 "He must become greater; I must become less.” John 3:30
We may not attain heaven here on earth, but we can try each day.
🎵 Less Like Me 🎵
🙏 I pray you see more of Jesus today❤
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