Tag: precious moments

My perspective has always been more about what we are doing right now, in the present, to reflect God to the world. Maybe it was one too many precious moments coloring books in Sunday school, or too many cartoonish depictions of nightgown clad figures scattered through vague scenery, but heaven always seemed trivial to me.

My favorite depiction of heaven comes from C.S.Lewis when he writes the The Last Battle, the final installment of the Chronicles of Narnia. Aslan takes the children and all the characters from the books to a new Narnia, and the entire time they keep shouting “Further up! Further in!” because there is always more to take in. 

Rereading this story and a series of conversations in my life have made me question how little importance I place on heaven. I don’t know if I will ever be a person who can keep my focus on the pearly gates, just because I am slightly like a Dori fish, and there is just too much to look at around me, but I want to be reminded of what it is to hope for the assurance which God has given us.

So this is my prayer request for today; that my perspective would be changed about heaven. That I would be reminded I serve an amazing God who only makes amazing things. Most importantly, that I would learn to lean into the hope God has given us.

Continuing the adventure, 

Jess

PS. My hope is that our last day will go something like this: I will stand in a ridiculously long line with my (human)Dad, who won’t mind. When I reach the gates, Jesus will give me a high-five and tell me that I had one hell of a ride, and he knows I made the most of it. Then, I want to go inside, kneel before the Father and hear him laugh.

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