SOME CLOSING THOUGHTS ABOUT HEAVEN
With Jesus living inside you, the best is yet to come! Spiritually, all things have become new for you [II Corinthians 5:17]. Learn to focus your heart and your mind on God and things above [Colossians 3:1,2]. After all, that is where you will be spending eternity. I love C.S. Lewis’ quote: “Joy is the serious business of Heaven.” [from “Letters To Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer” ] You may rightly ask, “How can I desire a place I’ve never seen or been? Isn’t that a bit like trying to visualize a color I’ve never seen?” In a very moving book, The Journey of Desire, John Eldredge points out that it is impossible to hope for that which we do not desire . I believe that if you learn to desire Heaven, then you will hope for Heaven, and that will change how you
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