Heaven- the Bliss

 I don't generally think of heaven much and often have not been able to relate to those who long for heaven.

Thinking abut heaven recently and thought of how wonderful it will be to be satisfied in Christ, content, free from striving, worry, and temptation!
 The awesome worship and the continual finding more and more about God's glory will be just so much higher than we can imagine. Also the thought that we will be with those we love forever- no more partings, heart felt emotion when separated or the sadness at sickness , trial or death.

As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.(Psalm 17:15)

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…you can see that there is about it the air of a man who is looking into the future. Read the passage thoroughly, and you will see that it all has relation to the future, because it says, "As for me, I shall." It has nothing to do with the present: it does not say, "As for me I do, or I am, so-and-so," but "As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake." The Psalmist looks beyond the grave into another world; he overlooks the narrow death-bed where he has to sleep, and he says, "When I awake." How happy is that man who has an eye to the future;

"We will leave that to the future, for that fame which comes late is often most enduring," and they lived upon the "shall "and fed upon the future. "I shall be satisfied" by-and-bye. So says the Christian.

—I will tarry till I get my domains in heaven, those broad and beautiful domains that God has provided for them that love him.

Do any of you know what it is to live on the future—to live on expectation—to live on what you are to have in the next world—

Christian! live on the future; seek nothing here, but expect that thou shalt shine when thou shalt come in the likeness of Jesus, with him to be admired, and to kneel before his face adoringly. The Psalmist had an eye to the future.

Oh! what a happy thing to have that faith to say "I shall." Some of you think it quite impossible, I know; but it "is the gift of God," (CHS Sermon No. 25)

Spurgeon's Morning by Morning -October 2

"The hope which is laid up for you in heaven." --Colossians 1:5

Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy here. It will animate our hearts to think often of heaven, for all that we can desire is promised there. Here we are weary and toilworn, but yonder is the land of rest where the sweat of labour shall no more bedew the worker's brow, and fatigue shall be for ever banished. To those who are weary and spent, the word "rest" is full of heaven. We are always in the field of battle; we are so tempted within, and so molested by foes without, that we have little or no peace; but in heaven we shall enjoy the victory, when the banner shall be waved aloft in triumph, and the sword shall be sheathed,

Swords sheathed at the monument

 and we shall hear our Captain say, "Well done, good and faithful servant." We have suffered bereavement after bereavement, but we are going to the land of the immortal where graves are unknown things. Here sin is a constant grief to us, but there we shall be perfectly holy, for there shall by no means enter into that kingdom anything which defileth. Hemlock springs not up in the furrows of celestial fields. Oh! is it not joy, that you are not to be in banishment for ever, that you are not to dwell eternally in this wilderness, but shall soon inherit Canaan? Nevertheless let it never be said of us, that we are dreaming about the future and forgetting the present, let the future sanctify the present to highest uses. Through the Spirit of God the hope of heaven is the most potent force for the product of virtue; it is a fountain of joyous effort, it is the corner stone of cheerful holiness. The man who has this hope in him goes about his work with vigour, for the joy of the Lord is his strength. He fights against temptation with ardour, for the hope of the next world repels the fiery darts of the adversary. He can labour without present reward, for he looks for a reward in the world to come.

So lets us press on:

We pass now quickly from each other's sight; but I know full well that where beyond these passing scenes you shall be, there will be Heaven.

 Joshua Chamberlain

We Will Rise

A seed falls down from the heights
And is buried in the earth
But silently lies in the ground
Awaiting a rebirth
So it is with those who die
Lips confessing Christ
Because He is risen
With Him they will rise
We will rise

Shall we mourn as this world mourns
Shall we rest in truths
Though outwardly we waste away
Within we are renewed
The weight of Glory far transcends
These momentary trials
Because He is risen
With Him we will rise
We will rise


Weeping may last for an evening
But rejoicing comes with the dawn

To all the wonders God will do
Imagination’s blind
What He has made, He’ll make anew
In the twinkling of an eye
For Death itself will be destroyed
Swallowed up by life
Because He is risen
With Him we will rise
We will rise
© 2011 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI).

Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy here. It will animate our hearts to think often of heaven, for all that we can desire is promised there
Christ is our ransom and made our way. All else pales in comparison and will never be enough. "Come close - cause He knows who we are and our greatest needs. We are built for more than this world.

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just settle down..this storm won't last forever..we're built for more than this world.. im not that strong..honestly im not..but you always see the best in me