If this is Earth think about Heaven

Hi, hello. It seems that for us as simply human beings Heaven is a concept that our tiny brains cannot grasp. Picturing forever is difficult because we don't know what forever is. We can't seem to understand a moment when time is none existent and age does not occur. A question I often ask myself is how can God have been there forever? Wouldn't something have to have created God? To us we see the trees and the mountains, the animals and the forests, then we look at our fellows and also the housing and factories and everything that we have been able to build. When we look at this world around us it is interesting to see that everything was created by something so we can't grasp that God has been there forever. Then trying to imagine the kingdom in which this wonderful, amazing creator lives in we cannot even come to terms with it. Even though certain parts of the Bible describe Heaven and we try and picture it like the description says. I think that our imaginations don't give Heaven justice. Heaven is more than we can imagine and there is nothing on Earth that can come close to a comparison. Its more beautiful that a room filled with diamonds. The above image is what I think is the most beautiful place on Earth and I strongly believe that this is a veil covering our eyes which is preventing us from seeing the true beauty of Heaven which lies in a realm far beyond here. One that we must be worthy and wait to enter.

Immaturity

Hi, hello. I started reading this book by Mel Blackaby called "Going the Second Mile" it talks about not going the second mile by burning yourself out trying to be a "good" person. There are enough "good" people in this world who aren't even Christians but it talks about going the second mile by experiencing the Love of Jesus Christ to such an extent that you spread His love just because you have His love in you and you want to share it with other people. The author also talks about a moment when God asked him why he only ever came to him when he needed help. I felt that this was speaking directly at me. I tend to often cry out to Jesus when I need His help with something or am having a rough time. Even while reading this book I said to God "Help me to be able to experience your Love so that I can travel the second mile with You". I realized that even while I try to get a deeper relationship with God I still am crying out for help. I had a thought the other day that I believe came from God, I thought that I am immature just like a teenager. I come to the Father every time I need something but otherwise, unfortunately, have a tendency to ignore my Parent. I am immature. Sometimes immaturity his a benefit and it enables us to have the wonder and awe of a child. The imagination of a child and the ideas like a child. Children trust their parents and learn and talk with them. They need them to grow but somewhere in there a teenager takes place and they tend to (not all) just use their parents when they need them. Then there are adults who think that they are finished learning and are too good for help. We need to have the faith of a child. Never stop wanting to grow or learn. Being a teenager in our faith isn't really very good so what I need to do is grow by growing backwards if that makes sense at all. I need to have the child like faith that will enable me to trust my Father and at the same time I need to grow into an adult and come away from the teen years. I guess we need to be able to talk to God normally and look at Him just like a child cause that is what we all are and we will never stop growing and learning. I am sorry if I ended up rambling on and on there but I am sleepy and what I was trying to say made more sense in my head so I sincerely hope that you understood the entire point of this post.

Memories are all That Remain

Hi, hello. In four days I will be graduated and will have closed a small chapter in my life. What is in store after this chapter I have no idea but I pray that God will take me on the adventure of a life time. Looking back it went by so fast. One day I suddenly am leaving high school and soon going to be out of this town. I realize that there are people I may not see again for a year or two. Things I looked forward to every week that I will no longer have. Its enough to make me cry. All that I really have left to commemorate my four years of high school are those memories that I hope to keep tightly locked away within my mind. There to access any time I feel sad. There are some things that I experienced that were so incredible I would be more than willing to go through the horrible moments over and over again if it would mean that I could relive that one memory again. This evening I had a bunch of grade 12 friends over for one last shindig and we kept talking about the teachers and the people who we went to school with. Things that we did with them and stuff that we were going to miss. The only thing that will remain from my time in high school is the memory of moments spent with each other. Nothing more, and nothing less. The school part will one day eventually fade but I pray that the memories of the past will stay forever.

Fame and Fortune

Hi, hello. I think that fortune but especially fame is something that as human beings we all have a desire to have. We watch those celebs on TV or listen to them play there music loudly for everyone to hear and then we think why can't that be me? For some crazy reason we have some desire to be known. Some part of us wishes that our fans would run up to us on the streets and ask us for an autograph or want their picture taken with us. Personally I have been planning on finishing writing a book that I have been working on and getting it published. The book has a powerful spiritual message and I believe that God gave me the idea and he can impact lives through it. Lately though I have been struggling with how to write it and I think maybe its because I am thinking more about how people will react if I can get it published and the fact I could end up famous from it rather than thinking about doing it because God wants me too. I keep telling myself and God that I don't care about fame, they don't even have to remember my name but there is some deep part of me that longs to be famous and I don't understand it. Why can't I just accept being an average person that loves and serves the creator of the universe. The other day I was travelling in the car and I had a realization. God has a plan that is bigger than anything we could possibly imagine. Its far greater than being well known and will last for an eternity. As hard as it may be we must remember that when we have that desire to be famous or/and wealthy we need to remember that God's plan is far greater that any of it and if we have Christ's love in us we could be street bums and have more Joy than others. God has a bigger plan than fame and fortune.