Let me tell you about my glimpses of Heaven on earth.
The concept was so foreign to me before coming on the race. There was a separation in my head between Heaven and earth. There was absolutely no way I even tried to understand what Heaven on earth meant. I have often heard people make small comments like “wow, that cake tasted like heaven” or “that music is like heaven to my ears.” But I had never actually taken a moment to sit and think about what Heaven on earth meant.
I learn in lots of different ways, but I think my favorite way to learn is visually. Of course, Father knows that about me but to be honest, I don’t think I understood that He knows that about me. He’s the coolest and He likes to take me to new places and surprise me.
So basically I started subconsciously hearing lots of different things about Heaven on earth. One of my squamates gave me a book about it to read. Then a few days later, one of my teammates and I had a full-on conversation about it. It just kept getting brought up and kept coming to mind. On one of my very last days in Costa Rica, we had worship at camp. I was being petty and I was telling people how I didn’t want to go to worship because I didn’t want to smell like bonfire (we were worshipping around a bonfire). Ok, this is the part of the story where I want to smack myself in the face because it makes me realize how picky and choosy I have been with life! When I stop being petty and picking and choosing, the Father gives me the coolest opportunities. But anyways, we are at the bonfire and my squamates start playing the sweetest worship songs. Songs that connect me straight to the Father. Then we start singing a song that I had never heard. The words, oh my goodness the words hit me straight in the heart! “Can you hear it, the sound of Heaven touching earth” WHAT! Wow. The sound of Heaven touching earth. This struck curiosity in the deepest parts of my soul. Father, what does Heaven touching earth sound like? Father, what does Heaven on earth look like? Father, Heaven on earth? What does that even mean?
My daily prayer from that day on has been Father I ask you to give me a glimpse of Heaven on earth today. Y’all it’s so simple. Heaven on earth is not an elaborate concept. It’s just the Kingdom of God bursting with color right here on the very ground my feet rest on.
He gave me a glimpse last week when my team was given the opportunity to take the sweetest little humans to the beach for the day. We buried them in the sand and played in the water. He whispered “this right here is Heaven on earth.”
My squamates chased the sunset and worshipped as the sun set into the horizon. Father whispered “here’s Heaven touching earth.”
Two of my teammates and I stayed up late one night to help one of the workers, who lives on the property, finish putting in hardwood floors for a classroom. As we worked in the dim lighting at 10pm, Father gently reminded me that Heaven touched earth in that moment.
Yesterday, on Christmas, the Father gave me the sweetest glimpse of Heaven through my teammates as we sat together at 7am to open up small, thoughtful, intentional gifts for each other and spend the day together as a little family.
It’s the simplest thing, yet my worldly mind makes it so complicated! My prayer for you is that you can see a glimpse of Heaven on this sweet earth today!
On a separate note, I am about $440 away from being fully funded! What! Wow! If that isn’t the boldest testament to the Father’s goodness, then I don’t know what is! I want to ask you to prayerfully consider donating to my World Race journey! Life in Africa is growing me so much and I want to continue growing here! I need to be fully funded by January 15th and I need your help! I’m excited to watch the Lord move through you! Thank you so much for your prayerful consideration. My heart is so appreciative.
