The There that is Home...

Why do you always forget us?
   Why do you forsake us so long?

Lamentations 5:20

Do you ever feel like this is you?

Do you ever feel like God is allowing problem after problem to float your way without any end in sight?

Do you ever just want to sit down and not take one more step because you feel like it is pointless?

Many of us can find it very easy to sit down in our mud pits; to wallow in the sadness and pain of life. We can allow the misery we are feeling in the moment to overshadow the promises of God.

[Jesus said] “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33

Jesus told us we would have problems. He told his disciples that they would surely face death because they followed him. But he also promised new life in the power of the resurrection.

This world isn't heaven. But, we occasionally see glimpses of heaven:

 ...in the beauty of a sunset or the laughter of a child;

...in the fragrance of a lilac or the touch of a friend;

...in the taste of a perfect dinner or a wonderful night of worship.

But heaven isn't here; we will have problems.

We will face death, disease and taxes. We will endure wars, poverty, unstable economies and corrupt leaders. And yet, through it all we can rest in the knowledge that this here isn't there. The there which is waiting for each of us is greater than any one moment we can imagine.

Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea...“Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

Revelation 21: 1-4

We will have trouble...The pain of the moment will still exist, but in the midst of the mud pit we can see the light of hope shining in the distance as a beacon calling out to us...calling each of us HOME.

Scripture

Lamentations 5:1-4

Quote of the Day

“Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.”

Eskimo Proverb

 

Question of the Day

 

What does heaven look like to you?