What I Have to Look Forward to

 

What are some things that you have looked forward to in your life? For me as a young person, it had been greatly getting to my high school graduation. A time when I could then go off on my own. By that time, I had become engaged to my now husband, and so I looked forward to having a family, a home, and then later at time of retirement.

Yesterday, I talked about just passing through this life and going on to my home in Heaven. I wanted to say a bit more about it today.

Considering that I am at the time of retirement now, what have I to look forward to now. Sickness? No way. Death? Well not so much but I am not afraid of death. Life?

Wait, what? Life?

Well ok, more like Heaven. Because that is what Heaven means to me. A new life in fact. One of no more tears. No more sadness. But being with Jesus and all those who wait for me there. 

And there is more as is discussed by author Joshua Moore. And I encourage you to check out his site; 7 Things to Look Forward to in Heaven.   

There is so much to look forward to Heaven. The Bible has much to say about it. And when you get to be my age, which is not young I can assure you, if you don't give heaven much thought as a young person, you may as you begin to age.

My dad was in his 80s when he passed and he said to his doctor one day at an appointment that I had gone to with him, "I am ready to go. I know where I am going. But it's leaving her that makes me sad." He meant me. How sad that made me that day. As it did him thinking about it. He passed just a few short weeks later. 

The apostle Paul felt that way in his life. He said he was between the two. Wanting to stay, and yet having the desire to be with Christ which was the better of the two. Philippians 1;21-23

I am no apostle Paul, but I can surely understand how my dad felt that day in the doctor's office. I don't look forward to the day that I will say goodbye to my loved ones here on earth.

But I do look forward to what and who waits for me at Heaven's gates. And knowing that at least some of my loved ones left behind will join me one day. But, even thinking about it, makes me long for that time in a way. 

Does it you?

Thanks for coming by and thanks for hanging in there with me while I wasn't here, my Friends. God bless you!