"For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself. " -Philippians 3:20-21
"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also"—John 14:1-3
Have you ever heard someone (normally I find its the elderly that say this most) that they are waiting in anticipation to be taken up to jesus, be taken to heaven , or leave this world? I have and I used to kind of be put off by that...I thought " Wow they mean they want to die...how gruesome and weird." I was a baby christian at the time and looking back I didn't realize at all what they meant!
They didn't mean they looked forward to actually taking their last breath here on earth but that they looked forward to their first breath in eternal life with Jesus! How spectacular and wonderful! To be in heaven, in a place without suffering and with Jesus! Its something to very much look forward too and to strive for. It exciting and thrilling to think about! I am going to live FOREVER with my LORD and Savior Jesus Christ!!!!! He loves my unconditionally, He cares about me, He comforts me, He provides for me, and yet at the same time He holds the world and the universe in place! Wow what an awesome God and an awesome truth!
Once I realized what the older people in my life meant when they said this...something clicked and I knew immediatly that they were the ones that I should be talking to to learn and grow more in Christ. I tell you that finding older mentors has been one of the greatest things that I could ever do in my life! But that is a post for another time...perhaps tomorrow...
But today lets reflect on the awesomeness of our Lord and wait and serve with excitement and anticpation for our heavenly home with Him!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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I started thinking that wway last year. Life got pretty rough in some months, and some days I would just tell God, "You know, God, if you wanted to take me away today, I'd be perfectly okay with that." I usually thought this in a bittersweet, sarcastic way. To be honest, I want to get married, go to college, have a career, live a long life! But if life can be this irritating and frustrating and hard and disheartening over small issues like high school or siblings or basketball, it will get a lot tougher as I get older when the problems and consequences for bad decisions get bigger. There are some days when it'd be okay to go to heaven.
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