Heaven

Heaven Part One

Heaven is so amazing and wonderful.  And yet so hard to describe.  But there is one thing I can promise you. Heaven is as real as the earth on which we stand.  It’s a real place.  And just on the other side ?.  It’s not on some cloud or some misty place.  It’s the Garden of Eden.  There is life, there is laughter and there is love and joy and peace.  There are deep friendships that last forever.  There are rivers and hills.  There are flowers and fruit.  There are puppies!    There are things to do and no one ever feels sick or tired.  It is the grand adventure with all of the fun that implies, but none of the fear or hardship.

The closest I can come to describing it in this world’s terms is like all of your firsts combined, with all of the joy and none of the fear.  The first time you rolled down a grassy hill, the first time you spun around in the falling snow, the first time you jumped in the pool.  The first time you rode a bike down a hill with the wind in your face, the first time you slid down the slide.  The first time your husband held you and the first time your child smiled.  All of the joy, none of the fear ?

How anyone or any place can give all of that love, joy and peace at the same time is beyond me, but that is what Heaven is like.  That is what Jesus offers.  Forever.