Amy had battled cancer for 5 years. Then the doctor told her that the
treatments were failing and she had just a few weeks to live. Wanting some
understanding and assurance about eternity, Amy asked her pastor, “What will
heaven be like?”
He asked her what she liked most about her life on earth. She talked
about walks and rainbows and caring friends and the laughter of children. “So,
then, are you saying I will have all of that there?” she asked longingly.
Amy’s pastor replied, “I believe that your life there will be far more
beautiful and amazing than anything you ever loved or experienced here. Think
about what’s best here for you and multiply it over and over and over. That’s
what I think heaven will be.”
The Bible doesn’t describe in detail what life in eternity will be like,
but it does tell us that being with Christ in heaven is “far better” than our
present circumstance (Phil. 1:23). “There shall be no more curse, but the
throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him”
(Rev. 22:3).
Best of all, we will see the Lord Jesus face to face. Our deepest
yearnings will be fully satisfied in Him.
To be with God forever is the sum of all happiness. (RBC)
