Welcome To Heaven!
"I think it is right to refresh your memory as
long as I live in the tent of this body, because
I know that I will soon put it aside."
2 Peter 1:13-14, NIV
Peter wrote his final letter shortly before his execution.
He was not discouraged; he was looking forward to the
future. He spoke of “looking forward to these things.”
and “[looking] for new heavens and a new earth in
which righteousness dwells” (2 Peter 3:13-14).
Life is full of hardships and heaviness. We have the promises
of God to help us in difficult days, and we have the Holy Spirit
in us. We have purpose for being here, to refresh the memory
of others regarding things of the Lord. But we’ll soon put aside
a tent of our earthly body, and what a relief! Goodbye hardship
and heaviness. Goodbye trials and troubles. Hello Jesus! Hello
heaven! Hello golden streets, glorified bodies, endless days,
and the fresh air of New Jerusalem!
During difficult times, the hope of eternity gives us strength.
If you’re prone to worry yourself to sleep each night, turn your
thoughts upward and close your eyes thinking of heaven and
its eternal throne.
"A tent or a cottage, why should I care?
They’re building a palace for me over there."
Harriet Buell, in her hymn
“A Child of the King”
