But,
as it is written, “What no eye has seen,
nor
ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined,
what
God has prepared for those who love
him”—these
things God has revealed to us
through
the Spirit. For the Spirit searches
everything,
even the depths of God.
1 Corinthians
2:9-10
Several years ago friends, a female trio,
asked me to write a song about what we would see in heaven. I agreed—under one
condition. I asked each of them to write down and mail to me their expectations
of heaven. With the promise that they would not share with the others but with
me alone, I began receiving their letters.
I read, I smiled, I wept, and I wrote Glimpses of Home. Although these young
women spent a lot of time together and each loved the Lord, as evidenced in the
way they lived their lives, their views of heaven and what they were looking
forward to seeing were individual exciting expectations.
Why—because the heart of man cannot
imagine the splendor and wonder our Heavenly Father has prepared for us. It is
beyond our earthly comprehension. Heaven is beyond our imagination!
As a young Christian, I looked forward to
streets of gold, gates of pearl and walls of jasper. Now, I just want to sit at
the feet of Jesus, to lay my crown of righteousness before the throne of God,
to sing with the redeemed in perfect harmony—I am redeemed by love divine glory
glory Christ is mine! I want to worship God!
Ecclesiastes 3:11 confirms that God has
planted eternity in the hearts of man. We have a longing to see Him. We know
there is more than what our earthly life offers. As His children, we anxiously
await our reunion in heaven. Occasionally, as when my mother was dying, God
gives us glimpses of home by allowing our loved ones to speak aloud what they
are seeing. But it seems that it is always just enough to intensify our longing
to see for ourselves.
Some day God will call each of us into
eternity, and we will see with our eyes what our hearts and minds have only
imagined. I know one thing for sure! Heaven is “bright and clear.” The rest is
beyond my imagination.
©JP
2013
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