“Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
(Matthew 10.32
NRSV)
"I'm sorry," said the secretary, "but Senator Javits has gone to the United Kingdom."
"Oh, my goodness!" exclaimed the visitor, clearly taken aback. "Is it too late to send flowers?"
We don't talk much about Heaven. And I suspect one reason is that Christ gave us so few details as to what it will be like. Some of the popular images of Heaven do it a disservice, I am certain. I was amused to read something former Prime Minister Lloyd George once said about the celestial realm. He said, "When I was a boy the thought of heaven used to frighten me more than the thought of hell. I pictured heaven as a place where time would be perpetual Sundays, with perpetual services from which there would be no break. It was a horrible nightmare and made me an atheist for ten years."
None of our language about Heaven can possibly do it justice. Our minds are too small to get around the concept of eternity. There is only one thing we can say about Heaven. We will be united--with Christ and with those we love. The unity we have here is but a poor reflection of a more perfect unity there.
Lord Jesus, I look forward to my full unity with you now and in God’s heavenly kingdom. Amen.
Ron Newhouse