"No More Death, Neither Sorrow, Nor Crying"

Revelation 21:2- "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."

I tear up at the thought of Heaven. We cannot even fathom how great it is going to be. The thought of having no pain of any sort is a foreign concept for any of us living in a world that is filled with pain. Being able to be with God and Jesus who made the ultimate sacrifice for us seems completely bizarre to me. The things that we are going to set our eyes on are going to be absolutely incredible.

I had thought about sketching a picture of what I thought Heaven was going to look like, but honestly, there was no way that I was going to do justice to Heaven. When God created Heaven, He went all out, and he gives us a glimpse of this in the Bible.

In chapters 21 and 22 of Revelation, God speaks about the beauty of Heaven. Upon entering Heaven, there are twelve gates, each with a pearl. The street of the city is pure gold, and God is the one that lights the city, for there shall be no night. There is a crystal clear river of pure water leading to the throne of God. On each side of the river is the tree of life, with twelve kinds of fruit, and leaves that can heal nations.

I don't know about you, but this sounds pretty wonderful to me. A perfect place that God made for us, even though we don't necessarily deserve it. We have sinned, though, God forgave us for those sins, and His great mercy allowed this place to be for us for eternity! Eternity!! Can you believe it?? I cannot even begin to understand the concept of an absolute forever. The idea used to scare me when I was lost, thinking about being in a place of torment forever, but now that I'm saved, the thought of spending forever with my Lord is awesome.

Not only do we get to live in this perfect place, singing and worshipping alongside God, but we also get a mansion! A mansion!! In John 14:2, God tells us that He has prepared a mansion for each of us that are saved. Honestly, it sounds like the ultimate fairytale, but once we that are saved get to Heaven, all that is going to matter is praising our God for what He has done for us. Looking upon God and Jesus is going to bring the ultimate joy.

I am absolutely ecstatic to meet my Lord someday, and see the place that He has prepared for us. I hope to see many people I know there, and I look forward to meeting my brothers and sisters in Christ that I didn't get the pleasure of meeting on Earth. For those that are not saved, I hope that you choose the path that leads to Heaven because no one is going to want to miss out on the things of God. Until we get there, I'll be dreaming about the day that I get to enter those gates, and walk past the pure river on the street of gold unto our Lord.

Hebrews 13:14 - For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.