Then I Shall Know Fully

Pastor Eddie's words were something like "see the other side". For some, heaven is a Biblical term that conjures up ideas of a place that requires death to enter. For others who have known the raging battle of terminal illness, heaven is a welcome relief for the ones we love who have suffered and are now "gone to a better place". And still for others, heaven is the alternative to "that other place" we want to avoid. But yesterday's message reminded us that heaven is a place of full knowledge of Jesus - face to face...seeing our Savior. I'm sure our human minds limit even our imagination of what that will be like. Yet that is not just for daydreaming, but for living our lives here "in light of eternity". What does that look like? Searching beyond the surface into the "souls" of the people we work and play with. Do they know who Jesus is? Who He really is? That He loves them? That He wants to breathe His breath of love into their lives? That He pursues a personal relationship with them?

And what does that look like for "blogging women"? I think it has something to do with trying to see each other through the eyes of Jesus. To look beyond what this world says is "in" or "cool". To look into the eyes - the windows to the soul - and look for deep, meaningful relationships based on the love of Jesus. Don't make it more than it is. Just love each other as much as is humanly possible on this earth with the kind of love that Jesus has for us - agape love!

In the words of one of the songs the youth sang yesterday,

Everyone needs compassion

love that's never failing

let mercy fall on me

Everyone needs forgiveness

the kindness of a Saviour

the hope of nations

So take me as You find me

all my fears and failures

Fill my life again

I give my life to follow

Everything I believe in

Now I surrender

Saviour, He can move the mountains

My God is mighty to save

He is mighty to save

Forever, Author of savlation

He rose and conquered the grave

Jesus conquered the grave!

"Love never fails." 1 Corinthians 13:8