One of my closet friends back home and I daydream together about our funerals. We have planned more for our funeral than our wedding day. Okay, so that may sound morbid, but let me explain! Keep reading to the end!!
We can’t wait to go see Jesus! You know how you love someone so much and have been away from them for a long time and just can’t wait to see them? Well that is how it is with Jesus. The ultimate adventure! We talk about whoever dies first has to have a big party for the other one and make sure we are celebrating.
There are some days I long to be home with Jesus; I honestly get homesick. The more I see this world and realize that it truly is not my home and I am just a foreigner (even in U.S.A) the more my longing grows.
But I have realized I have taken it too far and make it more of an escape. Yes, I long to be with my Lord and Savior and can’t wait to be in His presence but I also know that He has a plan still for me. It is selfish of me to want to leave. I want to have that, “Well done, good and faithful servant.�
All this was brought to my attention at Grace Church on Sunday when a lady came up and recited a poem she wrote. She talked about longing to be with her Heavenly Father. I was glued because her poem spoke so much into my desire. But then she continued and started sharing she first wanted to be able to share the gospel with her neighbors and so on. Wait…that is so true! Living in the world for just a split second in light of eternity is so worth it! I get to share and partake in God’s grace letting me be a part of bringing someone to Himself. What more could I ask for?!
I don’t want to rush up to heaven and miss those opportunities of helping others join me! My heart breaks for those who do not know or who refuse Him. That choice has serious consequences not just in this life but forever! It is looking to the interest of others and not just me.
Now, time for the DISCLAIMER. It is not because I am depressed or have a horrible life that I want to leave. I am very thankful for this life God has given me and all that He has allowed me to do! It is just that I know heaven is going to be a million times better and I will be with my First Love! So in reality my friends, I am talking about my wedding day! The day we all get to celebrate the feast with The King and us the Bride!
God has put eternity in our hearts. This eternal life starts when He lives in us and we get to start knowing Him NOW! We don’t have to wait until heaven.
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars–their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”â€� Revelation 21:6-8
“Yes, I am coming soon,� Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.� Revelation 22:20
