A bright light ahead

What is on the horizon for you?

I pray that Hope is always within sight. Oh not just for Advent, but for each day you draw a breath because heaven awaits - yea, Christ beckons you 'Come, Child.'

Remember the night Jesus said,

 “Let not your hearts be troubled.

Believe in God; believe also in me. 

In my Father's house are many rooms.

If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you,

I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”1 Jesus Christ is coming again!

Most people, religious or not, believe in the existence of Heaven.  God gave us great information in Revelation chapter 21: there are 12 gates—each one, an individual pearl.  Heaven is laid out as a square – 12,000 furlongs, which in today’s language means it is a cube 1500 miles square.  This is as large as the area from Canada to Mexico and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rockies.  It can easily accommodate 20 billion residents, each having his or her 75-acre plot.2  Heaven is a great big place, and it is real.3

The walls of Heaven have 12 foundations, which are adorned with precious stones, including sapphires, onyx, emeralds, amethysts, and more!  Okay, so marry the opulent color with the glorious light—because there is no night in Heaven—indeed, the prophet Isaiah said, "The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light; but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.4 Heaven is full of light, and it is a beautiful, magnificent real place.  

Walking with Jesus in this life is life at its best, 

and when we take our last breath here, eternity with him awaits.  

This is the promise of everlasting hope.

Prayer: God, I thank you that you have made a place that I will live with you forever. Help me to live this day in light of eternity with you.

You might order your prayer: Praise. Repent. Ask. Listen. Thank God for his good gifts.

I Can Only Imagine, sung by children ~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acwsBIl15zM

Hope springs eternal!

Christine

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1 - John 14.1-3

2 - Revelation 21.10-27, https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2021.10-27&a...

3 - Heaven: My Father's House, Anne Graham Lotz

4 - Isaiah 60.19