I've been meeting some interesting people this summer, and a good deal of them are professing Christians. Whenever I meet any cool people on the bookfield, Christian or not, I always wish I could stay and talk to them more. I am always really happy when I sell them books too, because it means I'll get to see them again at the end of the summer!
Well, this week I've had a thought that seems obvious to any who read this I'm sure, but it just wasn't at the front of my mind until recently.
All the cool Christian people that I meet out here and want to spend more time with will likely be in Heaven with me later on. How cool is that!?! I met some girl today who had just graduated from some Christian college in Georgia, and I was thinking that it would probably be fun to talk to her for more than two minutes, but I left quickly anyway, because I knew that I'd catch up with her again. No, she didn't but books from me, and I most likely won't see her in this lifetime, but I will when we're all in heaven.
This thought has spawned many other joy inducing thoughts for me lately, and they all pretty much started back in April when I realized that Heaven actually was going to rock for a reason that I can understand today -- the people that will be there! I am excited about hanging out with so many of my favorite people thoughout life, meeting interesting people that I never got a chance to meet, and hearing all the great stories.
Thinking about just this one aspect of being in Heaven as me totally stoked about getting there and being there. I honestly can't wait! Also, it gets me thinking... whenever I run into someone I really like I'll be all the more motivated to share Jesus' message with him or her because I'll want the companionship to last longer than the few hours or days that I have to be with that person.
One more thought about this before I get going...
Earth is a bit like heaven. We get to hang out with saints soooo much of the time.
Amen brother! Heaven is going to be awesome. Yet we have much of it here with the body of Christ. We are so blessed and have many things to enjoy on this earth and we should enjoy each day to the fullest. Sometimes that's hard to remember...but we can encourage each other in that.
Posted by: Jelly Bean at August 6, 2004 12:55 AMI personally get a kick thinking, contemplating, and confusing my dimensional little mind about the fact that heaven is Timeless...no time, just sort of the eternal moment.
Posted by: JennJula at August 6, 2004 05:28 PM