Heaven

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 297

September 27, 2016

My thought this morning: Heaven is a real place for real people.

Heaven is not a fairytale or a made up place but is a place of perfect peace, rest and love.  We have not seen perfection and beauty such as heaven holds.

Think of a place of no death, no pain, no sickness, no senseless shootings, no riots, no worry, and no stress.  That is heaven.

But the thing that really makes heaven real is that we will see Jesus face to face. We will look on the one who loved us enough to take on all the wrong we have ever done or will do and be the ultimate sacrifice.

The crown or crowns that we are given will be laid at the feet of Jesus. As we lay our crowns down as worship to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, we will fully understand the sacrifice He was for us.

1 John 3:2 (KJV)
² Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

When a loved one leaves this world, I believe the Bible teaches that we are instantly with the Lord.   Paul tells us in Corinthians that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:7-9 (KJV)
⁷ (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
⁸ We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
⁹ Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

Yesterday was the birthday of my sister Betty who was closest to me in age. I am the youngest of six girls. As the years have gone by first my parents and then my sisters one by one have laid down this house of clay and looked into the face of Jesus.

A little over two years ago Betty went from being confined to a body racked with pain and failure to function correctly, to a place of no pain.

As I was considering how much I miss my parents and my sisters, I began to wonder if I had told them how much I loved and appreciated them enough. The fun, the communion, the camaraderie: I miss all of that.

The reason I am telling you this is that I urge you to tell those you Love and appreciate how much they mean to you.  A hug, a call, a card: each of these can express how much a person means in your life. But more than anything pray for those who are closest to you that they will receive Gods best for themselves.

To many times we let hurt feelings or wrong things done to us keep us from letting people know how much they mean in our lives.  Don’t wait until someone is gone to realize how much they mean to you.  Think about the people in your life who mean the most to you and tell them.

The wonderful message I want you to get today is that heaven is real and we will be with those who have put their trust in Jesus once again.  We are to know and understand that this life is but a vapor and we are to do all we can to point those all around us to the Lord Jesus Christ.

We are created to praise, worship and serve the Lord God Almighty.  We are to spread the GOOD NEWS and we are to Love one another. We are to live life to its fullest and we are to be obedient to the vision.

And then when it is our time to lay down this house of clay, we will see Him face to face.

Live life abundantly and let offenses go and show love.

1 John 4:7 (KJV)
⁷ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

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Father God, in Jesus name I come to you.  I thank you for the promise of a reunion in heaven. I thank you for the promise of a face to face encounter with the one who died for the whole world.  May we by our lives show the Love of God to all we meet. May we let the hurt feelings and offenses go and walk in Love and Forgiveness. Amen

Walk in Love….share Love!

Me-Maw