I don’t know if you were there for the service this last weekend, but I was struck by the “Gladiator” video clip that was followed up with the Eric Clapton song “Tears in Heaven”. All kinds of thoughts of friends and family were running though my head. I was ready to listen to what Glen had to say.
I think we would all agree that knowing our loved ones and having some sort of continuum from this life to the next was very encouraging and comforting. BUT, let me ask a question. How do you think those relationships will change in light of God’s very presence and the primacy of our relationship to him in heaven? Most of us would admit that here, on this fallen earth, we have the relationships wrongly switched. Our family can take priority over our relationship with God; maybe not in word, but often times in our thoughts and time allocation. So when we stand in the very presence of God, how might that change our connections or concerns with our loved ones in this world?
I have a feeling that our perspective is pretty skewed here on this earth. Think about this in light of who we really are (God’s creation and children) and the reality that we will be in God's very presence in heaven.
Food for thought and fodder,
Griff
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First I want to say that I can't wait to see those that have left this earth already, what a reunion! Secondly I believe that the greatest change (for me) will be that I can finally let my guard down. I don't have to worry with disappointing anyone or hurting anyone. Nor will I (I hope) have to worry about getting hurt emotionally, being disappointed, and will finally be myself without judgement. Well, maybe from noone but God. If we are right and our true godly selves are finally able to shine in heaven without the congestion of the world weighing on us, then I won't have to fear judgement of the things I do in heaven. I hope that the godly person within me is up to God's standards. It is usually my head, my vanity, my insecurities and my "earthliness" that interferes with being as godly as God wants me to be.
I was looking at the story of when Herod beheadded John the Baptist. John 6:14-29 Even Herod was a godly person and knew a good character when he saw it. But the vanity and desire to follow up on what he ordered good or bad clogged his thinking of what to do or not to do.
So with that said, the greatest difference I expect will be seeing the innermost beauty of who we really are without fear of judgement.
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