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)
