Carpe Aeternitam

Lately all I have been thinking about is Heaven. As I have been preparing to teach at the Jr. High Fall retreat I have spent a lot of time studying what Heaven is going to be like. I have been reading this awesomely massive book called Heaven by Randy Alcorn that is incredible. In it he discusses how important it is for believers to think about, talk about, and live for Heaven. I don't think we think about Heaven enough. And sadly, often when we do think about Heaven we don't have a biblical view of what Heaven is really going to be like. We let Hollywood or Far Side cartoons color our thinking about Heaven more than God's word. That is sad. It seems like most people have one of two images of Heaven in their head. They either picture Heaven being all clouds and harps and tiny naked angels or they picture it to be one eternally long (and boring) church service. Neither of those get me excited about spending my eternity there. Thankfully neither of those are Biblical depictions of Heaven. Our God made us, He knows us, He knows what we love and what gets us excited. In fact He gave us those desires. He designed us that way. He knows an eternal church service doesn't get us jazzed, He also knows clouds and harps aren't our thing either. He didn't make us that way. Instead, what we are going to find in Heaven is exactly what we were made for, a physical place on a New Earth, similar but much better than the one we are on right now. Heaven will be full of cities, cultures, people, adventure, work, rest, play and God's glory. We will worship God constantly in Heaven, but not like a church service all the time, instead it will be how Earth is supposed to be. What Paul instructs in 1 Cor. 10:31, "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God" will be a reality in Heaven. We will play, hangout with friends, go on adventures, work, eat, ect... all for the glory of God. In Heaven we will finally be able to live as we were meant to live, in the place that God designed without any corruption. That is the Heaven God describes in His word and that Heaven is something worth thinking about.