Many times in my life I have wished that I was in Heaven rather than Earth. Don't take that the wrong way, I am in no way suicidal, but sometimes when stress starts to way on me I just think about how much better Heaven has to be than this world. But this Sunday I realized something...
Doug asked us a question that I thought was really cool, "If Heaven were perfect in every way but God wasn't there, do you think you would be happy?" (or something along those lines). As I thought about that question I realized that the thing that really makes Heaven perfect is God's presence and God calls us to have a relationship with Him here on Earth so... why should I wish for Heaven so much if the best part of it can be experienced here on Earth. Obviously the experience of God in Heaven is going to be much better considering we will actually physically see Him which in itself is perfectly awesome. And also obviously just because God is with us here doesn't mean that the stress of life or troubles of the world will just go away, but the point is that I should stop dwelling on the thought that I want to be in Heaven and start dwelling on two other thoughts: how can I build up a relationship with God so I can experience Heaven on Earth and how am I going to follow God in the years until I finally go to Heaven?
Great one...good questions to challenge yourself with! :-)
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